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| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Deutsch-Eylau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '10' is prominently rendered in large characters at the centre of the field, enclosed within a raised pearl circle that separates it from the surrounding legend. The date '1920' appears in the lower portion of the legend band, with the inscription 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcing around the upper periphery, all contained within a beaded outer border at the rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 10 ★ 1920 ★ |
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Deutsch-Eylau — now Iława in northern Poland — issued this notgeld piece in 1920 as Germany's postwar coin shortage left municipal authorities scrambling to keep small change in circulation. The iron composition was a deliberate concession to material scarcity; the wartime stripping of copper and nickel from the economy had left mints unable to satisfy demand for low-denomination coinage years after the Armistice. Local magistrates across the Reich filled the gap themselves, producing thousands of distinct emergency issues, of which Funck catalogs this type as 91.6.