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50 Pfennig - Hindenburg Oberschlesien
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hindenburg O/S (Municipality of Hindenburg, Upper Silesia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1918 - F#213.1A - 161,400 1918 - F#213.1Aa) Obverse: G(EMEINDE) - S is 7.5 mm, 19 - 18 is 13.0 mm (measured without slash of the first 1) - 1918 - F#213.1Ab) Obverse: G - S is 8.5 mm, 19 - 18 is 14.0 mm, top line of 18 meets with U, Hole can be also 5.0 mm x 2.5 mm. - 1918 - F#213.1Ac) Obverse: G - S is 8.8 mm, 19 - 18 is 14.0 mm, top line of 18 meets with R. - 1918 - F#213.1Ad) Obverse: G - S is 10.5 mm, 19 - 19 is 14.2 mm, Rosette in two leaves on the base line. - 1918 - F#213.1Ae) like d), but Rosette in one leave on the base line, hole can be also 5.0 mm x 2.5 mm. - 1918 - F#213.1Af) Obverse: G - S is 11.0 mm, slash of 1(9 18) beside E. - 1918 - F#213.1Ag) like f), but slash of 1 beside I, hole can be also 5.0 mm x 2.5 mm. - 1918 - F#213.1Ah) like f), but slash of 1 beside N. - 1918 - F#213.1Ai) Obverse: G - S is 11.5 mm - |
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Hindenburg Oberschlesien — renamed from Zabrze in 1915 to honor Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg following German military victories on the Eastern Front — issued this emergency coinage as the wartime metal shortage stripped conventional currency from circulation. Iron notgeld of this type was a stopgap measure adopted by dozens of German municipalities in 1918, but issues tied to towns renamed mid-war carry an additional layer of political urgency. The renaming itself was controversial; the town reverted to Zabrze after Poland annexed Upper Silesia following the 1921 plebiscite.