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10 Pfennig - Erfurt Reibstein
| Issuer | Reibstein, Erfurt (Notgeld issuer) |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A plain, unadorned field enclosed by a continuous pearl border along the rim. The denomination numeral 10 is rendered in large, bold raised figures dominating the entire central field, with no additional legends or decorative elements present. |
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Issued by the Reibstein firm in Erfurt during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany after World War I, this zinc notgeld piece filled a gap left by the near-total disappearance of official low-denomination coinage from circulation. Zinc was the material of last resort — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who associated it with the degraded wartime coinage they had spent years tolerating.