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5 Pfennig - Lörrach
| Issuer | Stadt Lörrach (City of Lörrach) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal field enclosed by an outer pearl border running along the coin's edge and an inner pearl circle, between which the circular legend reads 'KRIEGSGELD * STADT LÖRRACH' with the date '1917' flanked by decorative rosette stops at the base. The large numeral '5' occupies the central field in bold relief, denoting the denomination. |
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| Mintage | 1917 - F#303.1 - 25,960 1917 - F#303.1a) Reverse: Extension of the upper line of the lark`s tail points to the corner of the planchet. - 1917 - F#303.1b) Reverse: Extension of the top line of the lark`s tail points above the corner. - 1917 - F#303.1c) Reverse: Extension of the top line of the lark`s tail points below the corner. - |
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Lörrach's 1917 zinc notgeld issue belongs to the first major wave of German municipal emergency coinage, triggered when the Imperial government's wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation almost entirely. Zinc was allocated to municipalities as a compromise — cheap enough to sacrifice, hard enough to strike. The Stadt Lörrach, a small Baden town on the Swiss border, was among hundreds of local authorities forced into the minting business by Berlin's monetary paralysis.
The Funck 303.1 attribution places this among the documented mainstream strikes, not a later restrike.