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5 Pfennigs - Cassel

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Features

Issuer City of Kassel (Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau)
Emperor William II (Wilhelm II) (1888-1918)
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year 1917
Value 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Zinc
Weight 1.65 g
Diameter 19.2 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
38871
References Funck 2012# 78.2
Walter Funck, Ralf Müller, Wolfgang Peltzer; 2012. Die deutschen Notmünzen: Alle amtlichen Ausgaben und deren Varianten der Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder etc. (8. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.
, Men05# 4302.5
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland (2. Auflage). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 volumes).
, Men18# 5464.2
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002 (2nd Digital Edition). Winfried Bogon Verlag für Digitale Publikationen, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Pearl rim, city name surrounding Coat of Arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RESIDENZSTADT
✿ CASSEL ✿

Reverse

Pearl rim, legend surrounding denomination centered

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KRIEGSGELD 1917
5
✿ PFENNIG ✿

Edge

Plain

Mint

L. Chr. Lauer Mint (Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer), Nuremberg, Germany (1790-1924)

Comments

Issuing authority: [Stadt, Hessen-Nassau]

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1917  171 460 $ 1.40 $ 3.50 $ 4.50

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