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5 Pfennig - Mainz
| Issuer | City of Mainz |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large numeral 5 in bold relief at the center of the field, denoting the face value of five Pfennig. Encircling the numeral, the legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) runs along the upper and lateral periphery, with a small dot at the base. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border following the octagonal outline of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mainz issued zinc Notgeld coinage in 1917 under the same wartime metal requisition pressures that stripped German municipalities of their copper and nickel supplies — both metals redirected to shell casings and military hardware. Municipal authorities across the Reich were granted permission to strike emergency coinage in substitute materials, and zinc, despite its tendency to corrode and crack with age, became the de facto stopgap. Survivors in clean condition are notably harder to find than mintage figures suggest.