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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Freiberg i. Sa. (City Council of Freiberg, Saxony) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über zehn Pfennig 10 Gültig im Bezirke der Stadt Freiberg i. Sa. zunächst bis zum 31. Dezember 1918 Der Stadtrat zu Freiberg i. Sa. Oberbürgermeister |
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| Reverse lettering | Zehn Pfennig Dieser Schein wird von allen städtischen Kassen eingelöst. Ausgabe Q Reihe 209 Stadt Freiberg KREY UND SOMMERLAD / NIEDERSEDLITZ-DR. |
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Freiberg's notgeld issue of 1918 sits squarely in the first wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as metal coinage effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or requisitioned for the war effort. The city's mining heritage made it a natural candidate for locally distinctive scrip, though the Krey und Sommerlad print shop in Niedersedlitz, a Dresden suburb, handled production for numerous Saxon municipalities simultaneously, which limits how much weight to place on any single commission.
The designer credit to Rieß is unusual — many notgeld of this size and period went uncredited entirely. Whether this refers to a local commercial artist or a house designer at the printer remains unresolved.