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50 Pfennig - Northeim
| Issuer | City of Northeim |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | A beaded outer rim encloses the entire design, with a curved legend KRIEGSNOTGELD (war emergency money) arching across the upper field between two circular ornamental stops. The large numeral 50 dominates the central field in bold relief, with the denomination PFENNIG inscribed in a straight legend beneath it. A small decorative ornament appears at the base of the field below PFENNIG, completing the austere, utilitarian composition typical of World War I German notgeld coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Northeim's zinc notgeld issues of 1918 belong to the first wave of German municipal emergency coinage, authorized as the wartime metal shortage stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation. Zinc was itself a war material, and municipalities scrambling for it often competed directly with munitions production quotas — which explains the erratic output volumes seen across comparable issues from Lower Saxony towns of similar size.
The Funck reference distinguishes at least two die varieties here, catalogued separately under Men18#23738.7 and .8.