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50 Pfennig - Schwarzenbach an der Saale
| Issuer | Schwarzenbach an der Saale, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | KRIEGSJAHR 1917 ★ STADT SCHWARZENBACH A/S. ★ |
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| Mintage | 1917 |
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Schwarzenbach an der Saale is a small textile-industry town in Upper Franconia, and this zinc piece is a product of the acute metal shortages that swept German municipalities from 1916 onward. With copper and nickel requisitioned for the war effort, hundreds of German towns independently commissioned emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld — from local printers and die cutters, resulting in the sprawling and inconsistently catalogued series that collectors now navigate through references like Funck and Menzel.
Zinc was a compromise material: cheap, available, but prone to oxidation and edge cracking. Survivors in clean condition are the exception rather than the rule.