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5 Pfennig - Miesbach
| Issuer | Miesbach, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#336.1, Men18#21043.1 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Beaded border encircles the design field. The large numeral '5', denoting the face value in Pfennig, dominates the central field. The legend ERSATZGELD (meaning 'substitute money') arcs across the upper portion, flanked by two five-pointed stars at lower left and lower right. The date 1917 is inscribed along the lower arc. A central round hole pierces the field below the numeral. |
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Miesbach issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 under the acute metal shortages that forced hundreds of German municipalities to produce their own emergency coinage after the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. The Bavarian town's issue is catalogued under Funck 336.1, placing it among the earlier, more systematically documented local emissions rather than the later flood of purely speculative collector pieces that overwhelmed the notgeld market by 1921.