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50 Pfennig - Fulda
| Issuer | City of Fulda |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the arms of Fulda, depicting a seated figure of Saint Boniface in episcopal vestments, flanked by two heraldic shields. The figure is rendered in low relief against a plain field, with decorative elements extending toward the coin's edges. The legend STADT FULDA arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters, with the date 1917 appearing in the lower field. The octagonal flan is bordered by a continuous ring of raised dots following the coin's edge contour. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Fulda's 1917 zinc Notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of German municipal emergency coinage, triggered when the Imperial government's wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian minting. Zinc was the default substitute — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who correctly associated it with desperation. Most pieces saw hard, indifferent circulation before the broader Notgeld paper flood made small metal tokens largely redundant.
Funck 146.2 denotes a specific die variant within the Fulda series, distinguishing it from at least one other confirmed type.