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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Hammelburg |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegsnotgeld Hammelburg Zehn Pfennig Giltig für den Geldverkehr bis 6 Monat nach Friedensschluß. Stadtmagistrat. Hammelburg 10 März 1918. Bürgermeister. Vorstand des Gemeinde Kollegiums. No 004166 |
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| Reverse lettering | KRIEGSGELD DER STADT HAMELBURG IN FRANKEN |
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Hammelburg's municipal magistrate joined the flood of German local authorities issuing Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — during the acute coin shortage of the First World War's final year. The metal had gone to shell casings. By 1918 even pfennig denominations required a paper solution, and thousands of towns did exactly this.
The designer credit "Schüßl" is local, almost certainly a municipal employee or regional commercial artist rather than a professional printing house. Self-printed Notgeld of this type varies considerably in execution quality, and Hammelburg's series sits at the more modest end.