5 Pfennigs - Leipzig Meier & Weichelt
Features
| Issuer |
City of Leipzig
(Federal state of Saxony)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Years | 1917-1918 |
| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
| Composition | Nickel plated zinc |
| Diameter | 17.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 1918 |
| Number | N# 455744 |
| References | Men18# 18542.1 Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002 (2nd Digital Edition). Winfried Bogon Verlag für Digitale Publikationen, Berlin, Germany. Wolfgang Hasselmann; 1985. Die privaten Notmünzen: Nichtamtliche Ausgaben von 1916-1922. Holger Rosenberg, Hamburg, Germany. |
Obverse
Pearl rim, legend surrounding denomination.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MEIER & WEICHELT
5
Reverse
Pearl rim, legend half circled above denomination.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WERT - MARKE
5
Edge
Plain
Comments
Menzel: BBB
Fa: Eisen u. Stahlwerk
Note: - Old Wert-Marke from 1885 were briefly used as emergency money in 1917 and then completely withdrawn.
- These coins were minted in very small numbers for the provisional branch factory in Berlin-Spindlerfeld, and after the factory was closed, they were confiscated and destroyed in 1918.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1917-1918) | |||||||||||||||
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