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5 Pfennig - Kronach
| Issuer | Kronach, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large central numeral '5' denoting the denomination, positioned in the middle of the field. The legend STADTGEMEINDE arcs along the upper periphery, while KRONACH is inscribed across the lower central field and the date 1917 appears along the bottom margin. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. The lettering is bold and utilitarian in style, consistent with German notgeld emergency coinage of the First World War period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kronach issued this iron notgeld pfennig in 1917 as the wartime metal requisitions that had already consumed most of Germany's copper and nickel coinage left municipal authorities scrambling for substitutes. Iron was the stopgap of necessity, not preference — corrosion was an acknowledged problem from the start, which explains why surviving examples in any decent condition are harder to source than the original mintages might suggest.