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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindevorstand zu Thale am Harz |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1921 |
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| Reverse description | Green guilloche-patterned reverse with oval central vignette of a municipal coat of arms; black serial number at centre, three lines of Fraktur text bearing a patriotic motto, redemption guarantee, and expiry date of 31 December 1921. |
| Reverse lettering | "Nur die Arbeit kann uns fördern, ein jeder tue seine Pflicht." No Den Betrag zahlt die Gemeindekasse jederzeit aus. Endpunkt der Einlösungsfrist ist der 31. Dezember 1921. |
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Thale am Harz issued this 10 Pfennig Notgeld in 1918, when the wartime metal shortage had stripped Germany's small-change supply down to almost nothing. Municipal administrations across the country — from large cities to small industrial towns like Thale — were left to paper over the gap themselves, printing emergency notes through local printers with no central design authority dictating terms.
Thale's economy at the time was anchored by the Hüttenwerk ironworks. The town had practical reasons to keep small-denomination exchange circulating among its workforce.