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5 Pfennig - Mühlberg a. E.
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Mühlberg an der Elbe |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with the municipal arms of Mühlberg at centre, depicting a rampant lion within a shield set against the plain field. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading MAGISTRAT DER STADT MÜHLBERG A. ELBE, separated from the inner field by a border of raised beads. The date 1917 appears at the base of the legend, flanked by small floral ornaments. |
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| Mintage | 1917 - - 20,000 |
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Mühlberg an der Elbe was a small Elbe river town in Brandenburg whose municipal government, like hundreds of others across Germany, issued zinc notgeld in 1917 when wartime metal requisitions stripped the Reich's coinage supply down to almost nothing. The imperial government had begun pulling copper and nickel from circulation as early as 1915; by 1917, even zinc was being rationed, which makes the municipal authorization to strike in that metal a narrow window that closed quickly.
Funck catalogues only a single variety for this issue, suggesting no significant die changes during production.