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50 Pfennig - Sinzig
| Issuer | Stadt Sinzig (City of Sinzig) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A pearl border encircles the entire field. The legend NOTSTANDSGELD arcs across the upper portion of the coin, flanked by five-pointed stars at each terminus. The large denomination numeral 50 occupies the central field in bold raised digits. The date 1917 is inscribed in a straight line across the lower field, completing the emergency coinage identification. |
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Sinzig's 1917 zinc notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency coinage forced on German local authorities when the imperial government's wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from circulation almost overnight. Zinc was the default fallback — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it corroded quickly in pocket wear. Most pieces from this wave circulated hard and briefly, then were either redeemed or discarded once regional clearing resumed.
The Funck 502.3A designation places this among a documented sub-variety, suggesting at least minor die differences exist within the Sinzig 50 Pfennig type.