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50 Pfennig - Lüneburg
| Issuer | City of Lüneburg |
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| Weight | 5.4 g |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the large raised numeral '50' enclosed within an inner pearl (beaded) circle. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' curves around the upper portion of the coin in the annular zone between the inner pearl circle and the outer pearl border, while 'PFENNIG' occupies the lower arc of the same zone. Two rosette ornaments serve as separators flanking 'PFENNIG' at the lower left and right. A continuous outer pearl border frames the entire design, mirroring the treatment of the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lüneburg's iron notgeld coinage was a direct response to the metal shortages imposed by World War I, when the German imperial government requisitioned copper, nickel, and brass for munitions production, leaving municipalities to improvise with whatever base metals remained available. Iron was the pragmatic substitute — cheap, abundant from domestic sources, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it prone to rust and difficult to distinguish by touch.
The Funck reference places this piece within a well-documented series of municipal emergency issues, though iron examples frequently survive in worse condition than their zinc counterparts due to corrosion in circulation.