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50 Pfennig - Kornwestheim
| Issuer | Kornwestheim, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | KRIEGSNOTGELD 50 ★ 1918 ★ |
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Kornwestheim's 1918 zinc notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency coinage that flooded southern Germany as the Imperial government's metal requisitions stripped normal coin production bare. By late 1918, the Reichsbank had commandeered copper, nickel, and eventually aluminum for war production, leaving municipalities to contract with local foundries for whatever base metals remained — zinc being among the most readily available.
The Funck reference variant designation (.2) suggests at least one die or planchet variation exists for this type, a detail worth cross-referencing against the Men18 catalog for precise differentiation.