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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Melle (City of Melle) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 110 × 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-pink Notgeld note with an ornate floral and foliate guilloche underprint filling the entire surface, framed by a decorative cross-and-dot border. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large bold letterpress at the left, with the issuer title 'Stadt Melle.' in Gothic script across the upper centre flanked by '10 Pfennig' at each side. Below, the text 'Gutschein über zehn Pfennig.' is centred between decorative wave rules, followed by the place and date 'Melle, 23. Februar 1917.' with a manuscript countersignature of Der Magistrat at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIGILLUM MELLENSE 1638 |
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Stadt Melle's 10 Pfennig Notgeld of 1917 was a direct response to the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany as the war economy hoarded metal. Municipalities across the Reich were authorized to issue their own emergency paper fractions, and hundreds did — but most contracted outside printers. Melle printed locally, through F. E. Haag, a provincial press operating in the same town as the issuing authority.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication device, a common arrangement when engraved security printing was neither accessible nor economical for small issuers. Without it, the note was void.