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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Halle an der Saale (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed letterpress vignette of Georg Friedrich Händel's birthplace in Halle as it appeared at the time of issue, rendered in a fine architectural style with the baroque facade, arched entrance portal, and surrounding courtyard clearly articulated. A bold caption inscription runs along the lower portion of the image identifying the subject. |
| Reverse lettering | GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDELS GEBURTSHAUS IM HEUTIGEN ZUSTAND |
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Halle's 1921 Notgeld program was among the more prolific municipal issues during the postwar small-change crisis — chronic coin shortages after 1918 forced hundreds of German cities to print their own emergency paper, and the Magistrat here was no exception. Square-format issues like this one were a deliberate visual break from Reichsbank orthodoxy, a minor assertion of local identity that the inflationary chaos of the early Weimar years made briefly possible.
The 59 × 59 mm format also reduced paper consumption marginally, a practical consideration when stock was tight and the presses were running constantly.