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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Danzig |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' occupies the central field, enclosed within a plain rectangular frame with angular corner flourishes extending outward at each corner. A decorative floral sprig with a daisy blossom adorns the space above the frame, while a symmetrical foliate ornament is positioned below. The entire design is surrounded by a continuous beaded border running along the rim, imparting a restrained but decorative character typical of German emergency coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 |
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Danzig's 1920 notgeld issues emerged directly from the city's peculiar political limbo: stripped from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 and declared a Free City under League of Nations protection, Danzig found itself without a stable currency supply during the transition. The Polish mark, the German mark, and various emergency issues all circulated simultaneously. Zinc was chosen not for convenience but out of necessity — metal supplies were constrained across the former German territories in the immediate postwar years, and copper was largely unavailable for small denominations.
The Funck 87.2 designation distinguishes this from at least one die variant within the type.