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5 Pfennig - Oldisleben
| Issuer | Municipality of Oldisleben (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A raised pearl border frames the reverse. In the upper central field, a nimbed saint or monk figure is depicted standing in frontal pose with outstretched arms, flanked on the left by a lamb and a shield, and on the right by a church building and additional heraldic elements. The numerals '15' and '75' appear to the lower left and lower right of the central hole respectively, likely referencing a historical date or founding year of the municipality. The lower portion of the field features a crosshatched decorative ground, lending a medieval heraldic character to the composition. |
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Oldisleben issued this zinc notgeld during the acute small-change shortage of WWI, when the Imperial German government's requisitioning of copper and nickel stripped municipal circulation bare. The Funck 408.7B designation places it within a documented series of Thuringian local issues, Oldisleben being a minor agricultural settlement in the Kyffhäuser district whose municipal finances were modest enough that zinc was the only practical option.