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50 Pfennig - Tuttlingen
| Issuer | Tuttlingen, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Reeded outer rim framing the field, with the large bold denomination numeral '50' prominently displayed at center, beneath which the abbreviation 'PF.' indicates Pfennig. The circular legend KRIEGSMÜNZE arcs across the upper portion of the field, while the validity restriction inscription NUR GÜLTIG IN flanked by cross pattée ornaments and TUTTLINGEN arcs across the lower portion, restricting the coin's legal tender to the issuing municipality. The overall composition is bold and utilitarian, consistent with World War I German notgeld emergency coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tuttlingen issued this iron notgeld piece in 1918 as municipal coinage became a practical necessity — the imperial government had effectively stripped circulating metal from local economies through wartime requisitioning, leaving towns to improvise with whatever material the Kriegsmetallamt hadn't yet claimed. Iron was a second-best solution; it corrodes readily and struck poorly compared to the brass and zinc alternatives used elsewhere, which explains why undamaged survivors in any reasonable condition are harder to find than the catalog numbers suggest.