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50 Pfennig - Wurzach
| Issuer | City of Bad Wurzach |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '50' dominates the central field in large, bold raised figures, with the currency abbreviation 'Pfg.' inscribed below. The legend KRIEGSNOTGELD arcs along the upper periphery, identifying this piece as wartime emergency coinage. The date '1918' is divided across the lower field, flanking the central numeral on either side. A beaded border encircles the entire design along the inner rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bad Wurzach issued this emergency piece in 1918 under the Notgeld system, the wartime breakdown in metal supply having made official small change essentially unavailable across Germany. Iron was the fallback — copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort years earlier, and municipalities were left to improvise with whatever the local economy could source.
Wurzach was a small Swabian market town with no mint tradition. Its Notgeld issues are documented but not abundant in surviving hoards, largely because iron corrodes readily and few examples have survived without surface degradation.