5 Pfennig - Bielefeld Stadtsparkasse

5 Pfennig - Bielefeld (Stadtsparkasse) - obverse5 Pfennig - Bielefeld (Stadtsparkasse) - reverse

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Features

Issuer City of Bielefeld (notgeld) (Prussian province of Westphalia)
Emperor Wilhelm II (1888-1918)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1917
Value 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 0.64 g
Diameter 18.4 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
87566
References Funck# 40.2,
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.
Men05# 2775.4,
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland / Band 1. Ausgabeorte Aach bis Myszkowo (2nd edition). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Men18# 3552.4
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

City name and date left, flanking a female worker standing by table (in a munitions factory).

Script: Latin

Lettering: STADT BIELFELD 1917

Reverse

Legend above and below large denomination with pf centered

Script: Latin

Lettering:
STADT-
SPARKASSE
5 Pf.
KRIEGSWERT-
MARKE

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Heinrich Kissing, Menden, Germany (1916-1918)

Comments

Issuing authority: [Privat, Westfalen]
Put into circulation in 1921

 The 5 Pfennig coin was dedicated to the work of women in the arms industry in Bielefeld.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1917  $ 2.80

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