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5 Pfennig - Rosenheim
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Rosenheim |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain octagonal reverse with a beaded outer border. A secondary inner beaded circle frames the large raised numeral 5 at the centre of the field. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper portion between the two beaded borders. The date 1918 is positioned at the base of the legend, flanked on each side by a five-pointed star, completing the inscription. |
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Rosenheim's 1918 iron notgeld issue belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency coinage that flooded Germany as the imperial government's metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation. By mid-1918, even zinc was becoming difficult to source reliably, pushing smaller municipalities toward iron — a material notoriously prone to rusting, which accounts for the condition problems endemic to surviving pieces of this type.