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5 Pfennig - Zabern
| Issuer | City of Zabern (Saverne) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#619.1A, El#10.1, Marchand#40.1a, Men18#34968.1 |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 5 ✶ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Zabern — known today as Saverne in Alsace — was under German administration when this notgeld piece was struck, the city having been part of the Reich since the Franco-Prussian War cession of 1871. The zinc composition reflects wartime metal rationing; copper and nickel had been redirected to the military by 1916, forcing municipalities across Germany and occupied territories to issue emergency coinage in whatever base materials remained available. Alsace occupied a politically charged position throughout this period, and the Zabern Affair of 1913 — a military incident that briefly convulsed the Reichstag — had already made the town's name internationally recognized before the war began.