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Description: | (obverse) 50 PFENNIG KRIEGSGELD 1917
(reverse) STADT ESSEN
Emergency coinage or notgeld issued during the First World War in the German town of Essen.
Index card note: Essen. 50 Pfennig. Zinc. 1917.
Coin is located within coin cabinet 1 - 459A. The coin was previously allocated number 615.
A German 50 pfennig coin, circular, the obverse features the denomination "50 PFENNIG" in centre encircled by the following legend "KRIEGSGELD 1917", the reverse features a shield flanked by legends "STADT" and "ESSEN". | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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