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50 Pfennig - Ober-Glogau
| Issuer | City of Ober-Glogau (Upper Silesia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Weight | 4.1 g |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 50 dominates the central field, rendered in bold raised figures approximately 7.0 mm in height with angular forms. The circular legend KRIEGSGELD 1918 arcs across the upper portion of the field, with the date flanking the right side, while the denomination PFENNIG appears along the lower arc. Two six-pointed star ornaments flank the lower legend as separators, all within a plain raised rim. |
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| Mintage | 1918 - Reverse: value is 7.0 mm high, all G are angular - 10,356 |
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Ober-Glogau's iron notgeld emerged directly from the wartime metal requisitions that stripped Germany's mints of copper and nickel from 1916 onward, forcing municipalities across the Reich to improvise local coinage from whatever industrial material remained available. Iron was the least desirable solution — it corrodes aggressively in circulation, which is why surviving examples in decent condition are consistently harder to locate than the original mintages suggest.