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| Issuer | Gg. Haering, Grafenau |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 |
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Haering's notgeld was issued out of practical necessity — the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany following the First World War left local merchants and businesses to fill the gap themselves. Zinc was the material of convenience: copper and nickel had been consumed by the war effort, and zinc tokens could be struck cheaply by local diesinkers with minimal equipment.
Grafenau, a small market town in Lower Bavaria, sits far enough from major minting centers that private merchant issues like this one were particularly common in the region through the early 1920s.