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Description: | (obverse) 5 PFENNIG KRIEGSMÜNZE
(reverse) STADT BENSHEIM 1917
German emergency issue coinage issued in Bensheim during the First World War.
Index card note: Bensheim . 5 (Pfennig). Zinc. Date 1917. One of 204 specimens of local money etc presented by the donor.
Coin is located within coin cabinet 1 - 459A. The coin was previously allocated number 566.
An emergency issue notgeld German coin, octagonal with small circular aperture through the centre, the obverse features the denomination "5 PFENNIG" in centre partially encircled by legend "KRIEGSMÜNZE", the reverse features a standing figure holding shield and staff encircled by legends "STADT BENSHEIM 1917". | 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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