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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Goslar am Harz (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The left two-thirds of the reverse carry the denomination in large, ornate Gothic blackletter script reading 'Zehn Pfennig', below which a four-line verse in Low German (Goslar dialect) is set in a smaller Gothic typeface against a mottled olive-grey ground. The right panel is occupied by a woodcut-style vignette of a draped male figure — identifiable as the legendary 'Männecken' — leaning against a rocky surface, rendered in dark intaglio-style cross-hatching. |
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| Signature(s) | Klinge (Magistrat Goslar) |
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Goslar issued its own emergency small change during the severe coin shortage that followed Germany's defeat in World War One. Municipal authorities across the country were legally permitted — and in practice forced — to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of metal coinage, producing what collectors now call Notgeld. Goslar's Magistrat, under Klinge's signature, handled this locally rather than contracting a specialist printer, which kept costs down but resulted in variability between runs within the same series.
The three known sub-varieties under GrM 455.1 reflect minor printing or paper differences rather than distinct authorized issues.