½ Mark - Horst-Emscher

½ Mark - Horst-Emscher - obverse½ Mark - Horst-Emscher - reverse

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Features

Issuer Municipality of Horst-Emscher (Prussian province of Westphalia)
Emperor Wilhelm II (1888-1918)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1917
Value ½ Mark
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Iron
Weight 3.8 g
Diameter 24.1 mm
Thickness 1.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
342571
References Funck# 223.2,
Walter Funck, Ralf Müller, Wolfgang Peltzer; 2012. Die deutschen Notmünzen : alle amtlichen Ausgaben und deren Varianten der Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder etc. (8th edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
Men18# 15049.2
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Pearl rim, legend half circled above 5-line inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering:
✦ GEMEINDE HORST-EMSCHER ✦
1/2
MARK
KRIEGS-
NOTGELD
1917

Reverse

Pearl rim, coat of arms centered.

Script: Latin

Edge

Plain

Mint

L. Chr. Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany (1729-1924)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1917 

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