10 Pfennig - Ahrweiler N. Mies

Ahrweiler notgeld of this type was issued by the merchant N. Mies during the acute coin shortage of 1918, when the German imperial government's wartime requisitioning of copper and nickel had stripped circulation of nearly all small denomination coinage. Local businesses across the Rhineland filled the gap with privately issued iron and zinc pieces, redeemable only at the issuing firm — a fragile guarantee that became meaningless for many holders as the war collapsed months later.