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5 Pfennig - Fürstenwalde an der Spree
| Issuer | Stadt Fürstenwalde an der Spree |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | A large, bold numeral 5 dominates the central field, serving as the denomination indicator. The legend KRIEGSGELD (war money) is inscribed along the upper arc within the beaded border, flanked by two small stars at either side. The dual-year date 1918/19 appears along the lower arc, also within the beaded border, indicating the coin's period of validity spanning the end of the First World War and the early post-war months. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fürstenwalde's 1918 iron notgeld emerged from the same wartime metal shortage that stripped German municipalities of their bronze and nickel coinage — both metals were being consumed by the military at a rate the Reichsbank could not offset with timely small-denomination replacements. Dozens of Brandenburg towns issued their own emergency pieces that year, and Fürstenwalde was among them.
Iron was a poor substitute: it corroded quickly in circulation, making genuinely worn survivors harder to find than the mintage figures might suggest.