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5 Pfennig - Coburg
| Issuer | City of Coburg |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of a classical male figure facing left, rendered in low relief at the center of the octagonal flan. The portrait features curly hair rendered in fine detail and a truncated neck. The bust is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with a second outer beaded border following the octagonal periphery. The circular legend RESIDENZSTADT COBURG arcs around the upper portion of the field, while the date 1917 appears in the lower segment between two small ornamental stops. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Coburg issued its own emergency coinage in 1917 as the Imperial German war economy systematically stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation for munitions production. These municipal Notgeld pieces were authorized locally rather than centrally, which accounts for the variation in fabric and weight tolerances seen across surviving examples. Coburg itself was still the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at this point — the duchy wouldn't be dissolved until the revolution of November 1918.