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5 Pfennig - Horb am Neckar
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Horb am Neckar |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A raised octagonal frame formed by a pearl border dominates the design, with the large numeral 5 prominently displayed at center as the denomination indicator. The split date 19 and 18 flanks the numeral on either side within the octagonal field. The circular legend surrounding the octagon reads KRIEGSNOTGELD above and FÜNF PFENNIG below, separated by dot ornaments, identifying this token as wartime emergency coinage. |
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Issued by the district authority of Horb am Neckar in 1918, this is Kriegsgeld — emergency coinage produced by municipalities and local bodies across Germany as the Imperial government's metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation. Iron was the fallback, cheap and abundant, though notoriously prone to rusting in circulation. By the armistice that November, hundreds of such local issues had proliferated across the Reich, many never redeemed.