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5 Pfennigs - Ahrweiler N. Mies
| Issuer | City of Ahrweiler (Prussian province of Rhine) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | N. MIES. 5 ★ AHRWEILER ★ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ahrweiler's iron notgeld coinage was issued during the acute metal shortages of World War I, when the German imperial government progressively withdrew copper and nickel coinage from circulation for war production. Municipal and district authorities across the Rhineland were left to improvise, issuing locally-produced iron pieces to keep small transactions functioning. The Prussian Rhine Province saw dozens of such emergency issues, most of which circulated only within tight geographic limits.
The Hasselmann reference places this among the documented Rhenish municipal iron issues — N. Mies being the local manufacturer involved in striking these pieces.