Word: pfennig
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from machine-carved angels to toilet privileges. Life-sized wooden saints go for $1,000. Beggars, who used to count on the Crucifixion scene to cause spectators to empty their pockets in compassion, have long since been driven away by green-coated police, as if to ensure that every pfennig spent in Oberammergau stays in town. Charges have been established with great ingenuity for nearly every action a visitor makes while he is there, with one exception: no way has been devised to shake down the inevitable intruders who fill the seats that remain empty after the two-hour intermission...