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10 Pfennig

Issuer Stadt Schleswig (City of Schleswig)
Year 1920
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Value 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10)
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Obverse lettering STADT SCHLESWIG 10 PFENNIG GÜLTIG BIS ZUM ÖFFENTLICHEN WIDERRUF
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Reverse lettering Nachahmungen werden strafrechtlich verfolgt SCHLESWIG DEN 31. MAI 1920. DER MAGISTRAT
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Schleswig in 1920 was in political limbo. The Schleswig Plebiscites of February and March that year were deciding whether the duchy would remain German or transfer to Denmark — Zone 1 voted Danish, Zone 2 voted German, and the city of Schleswig itself fell in Zone 2, staying within Germany. This note was issued directly into that uncertainty, a municipal stopgap during the nationwide Kleingeldmangel that plagued Germany's postwar economy when small-denomination coins had all but vanished from circulation.

The 35 × 35 mm square format is atypical even among Notgeld — most municipal issues defaulted to rectangular cuts, and the equal dimensions here suggest a deliberate local printing decision rather than a contracted job.

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