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10 Pfennig - Grafenau Gg. Haering
| Issuer | Gg. Haering, Grafenau |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | Gg. Haering ★ Grafenau ★ |
| Reverse description | Octagonal zinc reverse with a plain, unadorned field. The large numeral '10' is struck in bold raised relief at the center. Two concentric beaded borders frame the central field, the inner one forming an oval or elliptical ring and the outer following the octagonal outline of the flan. No additional legends, devices, or decorative elements are present. |
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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.