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Description: | (obverse) "KROLESTWO POLSKIE" "10 FENIGOW" "1917"
German occupation regency coinage. Coin issued in occupied Poland by Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War. The re-establishment of a Kingdom of Poland was under negotiation at the time to persuade the Poles to fight on the side of Germany.
No known provenance. Coin was found unlabelled in a large bag of First World War Polish and German coins.
A Polish 10 fenigow coin, circular, the obverse is embossed with the following inscription "KROLESTWO POLSKIE" "10 FENIGOW" "1917", the reverse is embossed with an eagle surmounted by crown. | 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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