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5 Pfennig - Oldisleben
| Issuer | Municipality of Oldisleben |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#408.3, Men18#24966.3 |
| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the entire field, with a central punched round hole at the top. The circular legend GEMEINDE OLDISLEBEN runs along the inner margin, separated from the central device by a raised inner pearl circle. The numeral 5, representing the denomination, is prominently displayed in large raised relief at the center of the field. A small floral rosette ornament appears below the inner pearl circle, serving as a decorative stop between the legend elements. |
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| Reverse description | Outer pearl border frames the field, with a central punched round hole at the top. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs along the inner margin, identifying the token as small-change substitute currency. A raised rope or twisted-cord inner circle encloses the large numeral 5 at the center of the field. Three six-pointed star ornaments are evenly spaced in the lower portion of the legend as decorative dividers between the inscription. |
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Oldisleben is a small town in Thuringia that, like hundreds of German municipalities in 1919, was forced to produce its own emergency coinage — Notgeld — after the postwar economic disruption severed the normal supply of small-denomination metal currency from central mints. Iron was the default material not by preference but because copper, nickel, and zinc had been aggressively requisitioned for the war effort and remained in critically short supply. The Funck reference places this among a documented series, but Oldisleben's issues are minor provincial pieces with no recorded circulation drama beyond the ordinary municipal scramble to keep small transactions functioning.