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5 Pfennig - Kitzingen
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kitzingen |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#248.1, Men18#16548.1 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large, boldly struck numeral '5' centred in the field, denoting the face value of five Pfennig. The figure is rendered in a plain, utilitarian style typical of World War I German notgeld coinage. The field is otherwise unadorned, and the design is contained within the same continuous beaded border present on the obverse, reflecting the austere emergency nature of this wartime issue. |
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Kitzingen's 1917 zinc notgeld issue was a direct consequence of the German wartime metal requisitions that stripped copper and nickel from municipal circulation almost entirely. Towns across Bavaria were authorized to produce their own emergency coinage, and Kitzingen — a small wine-trading center on the Main — was among hundreds of municipalities that did exactly that rather than face a complete breakdown of small-denomination commerce.