10 Pfennig

Salzwedel's municipal notgeld issues of 1917 emerged from the same wartime coin shortage that forced hundreds of German towns to print their own small-denomination scrip. The Reichsbank had effectively halted the circulation of low-value metal coinage as base metals were requisitioned for the war effort, leaving local commerce without workable change. The Magistrat stepped in as issuer, stamping notes to give them a minimal authentication — exactly the kind of improvised instrument these emergency series required.

The Grabowski reference S8.4k suggests this falls within a numbered sub-variety, likely distinguished by stamp color, ink, or a minor typographic difference from sibling issues in the same municipal series.