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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Der Magistrat in Waldenburg i. Schl. |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Grey-green notgeld printed in two colours on plain paper, with an ornate letterpress border of stylised floral and foliate motifs framing a cartouche-shaped central panel. The large numeral '10' appears at upper centre in black alongside the series designation 'Serie I' in red, with the denomination 'Zehn Pfennig' in bold red Fraktur script occupying the centre field. Below, the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat in Waldenburg i. Schl.' is set in black Fraktur, followed by a manuscript facsimile signature and the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1918' at the foot; a red serial number appears at upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Serie I Zehn Pfennig Der Magistrat in Waldenburg i. Schl. Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1918. |
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Waldenburg in Schlesien — now Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland — was a coal-mining town whose municipal government issued emergency small-change notes in 1918 as metal coinage disappeared into wartime hoarding and metal requisitions. The Magistrat series was a purely local stopgap, redeemable only within the town's commercial circuit.
Silesian municipal Notgeld of this type was frequently printed in very short runs by local print shops with limited equipment, which accounts for the modest dimensions. Many issues were redeemed and destroyed within months of the Armistice, keeping survivor populations thin.