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50 Pfennig - Kaiserslautern
| Issuer | Kaiserslautern, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the civic coat of arms of Kaiserslautern at center, depicting a divided shield with a standing armored figure (the imperial lauterer) in the central pale, flanked by diagonally hatched fields, all rendered in low relief. The city name KAISERSLAUTERN arcs along the lower portion of the shield in a ribbon-like scroll, with the date 1917 positioned below, flanked by ornamental stops. The entire design is contained within a prominent raised pearl (beaded) border encircling the rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kaiserslautern issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 as the Imperial German military's metal requisitions stripped municipal coin supplies down to almost nothing. Zinc was the fallback — copper and nickel had been redirected to shell casings and field equipment since 1915. City-issued emergency coinage of this period was legal tender only within the issuing municipality, a patchwork arrangement that created genuine logistical headaches for workers crossing town boundaries.