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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Hamm (Westfalen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned notgeld voucher with a central white panel bearing the issuing authority title in Gothic script and the denomination 'Zehn Pfennig' in large red Fraktur lettering. Scroll banners frame all four borders carrying local proverbs in Gothic script, while the lower central panel contains the validity clause dated Hamm (Westf.) 1. Oktober 1921 and bears two manuscript signatures above the printed titles Oberbürgermeister and Bürgermeister, issued by Der Magistrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Hamm (Westf.) Zehn Pfennig Hamm ist der Musensitz, da sind die Leute stark. Hamm ist der kleine Haag, das Mark beim Mark. Hamm gibt den besten Reut vor wenig Geld zu trinken. Hamm gibt uns gute Schinken, Hamm gibt. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Bekanntmachung Hamm (Westf.) d. 1. Oktober 1921 Der Magistrat: Oberbürgermeister Bürgermeister |
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Hamm's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency — not the chaotic wartime scrip of 1914–18, but the deliberately collectible "Serienscheine" that local authorities and private printers exploited to generate revenue through philatelic demand. By 1921, many towns were printing far more notes than their stated face values required for local commerce, selling complete series by post to collectors across Germany and abroad. The practice became so widespread that the Reichsbank eventually moved to suppress it.
Westphalian issues from this period were typically handled by local printing firms rather than the major security printers.