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5 Pfennig - Hof
| Issuer | Stadt Hof (City of Hof an der Saale) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the municipal coat of arms of Hof, depicting a fortified city gate with two flanking towers and a central archway, within which stands an angel or patron figure above a heraldic shield. Two standing human figures flank the gate, with stylized trees in the background. The city name legend STADT HOF is inscribed in Latin characters along the upper periphery, and a beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hof an der Saale issued this iron notgeld piece in 1920 as municipal coinage shortages persisted well beyond the armistice. The German federal government had suspended copper and nickel coinage production during the war, and by 1920 hundreds of German cities were still filling the gap themselves. Iron was the expedient choice — cheap, available, and already familiar from wartime Reichscoinage.
The Funck reference places this among a numbered series of Hof issues, suggesting the city struck multiple denominations in the same period rather than a single emergency piece.