Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Pfennig - Weissenfels an der Saale
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Weißenfels |
|---|---|
| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, the circular field features a detailed depiction of the city gate of Weißenfels, rendered as a fortified stone gatehouse with two flanking towers surmounted by pointed turrets and a central arched gateway. Superimposed at the top of the gate is the municipal coat of arms of Weißenfels, displaying a lion passant on a shield. The circular Latin legend MAGISTRAT DER STADT WEISSENFELS runs around the periphery, separated by a small cross ornament, with the inscription reading upward from the lower left. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Weißenfels issued this iron notgeld piece in 1918 as the German war economy had stripped copper, nickel, and zinc from municipal coinage entirely. Iron was the last resort — cheap, abundant, and deeply unpopular with the public, who understood exactly what it signaled about the state of the Reich's reserves. Many towns across Saxony-Anhalt issued similar emergency pieces that year, but survival rates vary considerably; iron corrodes aggressively in circulation, and lightly used examples in sound condition are not the rule.