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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-314B71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Modern iron coin dating from AD1918.
In 1918, the Rhineland town of Duren issued ten pfennig notgeld honouring the veterans of World War I. Another, even more common, variety (Funck 105.8) exists without the "SD" under the soldier's chin.
Recorded mintage: 501,500 (Funck 105.7) and 1,100,750 (Funck 105.8).
Specification: steel, 23.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Funck 105.7.
Source:
Funck, Walter, Die Notmunzen der deutschen Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder, etc.; Band 1: Standardkatalog der amtlichen Ausgaben 1916-1921, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Geitl Verlag, 2000.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MODERN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1918
Date to: Exactly AD 1918
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 5.39 g
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Windermere
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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