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5 Pfennig - Wertheim am Main
| Issuer | Stadt Wertheim am Main (City of Wertheim am Main) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border frames the entire face, within which a circular pearl border encloses the municipal coat of arms of Wertheim am Main at centre. The shield displays a spread eagle in the upper half and three roses arranged in triangular formation in the lower half, surmounted by a helm with decorative mantling. The circumferential Latin legend reads STADT WERTHEIM AM MAIN, separated by a six-pointed star ornament, running between the two pearl borders. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wertheim am Main issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 under the acute metal shortages that had stripped German municipal coffers of copper and nickel by mid-war. The Imperial government had requisitioned base metals for shell casings and military hardware, leaving municipalities to fend for themselves with whatever material remained — zinc being among the few options still available to smaller towns.
Funck 597.1 places this among the earliest catalogued Wertheim emissions, suggesting it predates the more prolific 1918–1921 notgeld wave that most collectors associate with the type.