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50 Pfennig - Crailsheim
| Issuer | City of Crailsheim |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | CRAILSHEIM |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Crailsheim's iron 50 Pfennig belongs to the flood of municipal emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld and early Notgeld — that German cities began issuing from 1916 onward as copper and nickel were requisitioned for war production. With the imperial Reichsbank unable to supply adequate small change, hundreds of municipalities took matters into their own hands. Iron was the fallback: abundant, cheap, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it heavy, prone to rust, and unpleasant to handle.
The Funck and Menzel references place this among the documented Württemberg issues, confirming it saw at least limited official recognition.