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50 Pfennig - Stralsund
| Issuer | City of Stralsund |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border frames a raised circular legend reading STADT STRALSUND, flanked at the base by two six-pointed stars enclosing the date 1917. Within an inner beaded circle, the arms of Stralsund are depicted centrally: a crowned heraldic device featuring a mural crown above a pair of splayed antlers or stylised charge, rendered in low relief. The overall design is austere and functional, consistent with wartime emergency coinage production. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT STRALSUND ★ 1917 ★ |
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Stralsund's 1917 zinc Notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of German municipal emergency coinage, authorized after the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. Zinc was an imperfect substitute — prone to oxidation and surface pitting — which explains why clean, uncorroded survivors are considerably harder to find than the original mintage figures would suggest.