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10 Pfennig - Havelberg
| Issuer | Magistrat zu Havelberg |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the civic arms of Havelberg: a stylized city gate with two flanking towers, above which rises a displayed eagle. The composition is set within a beaded inner border. The circular legend MAGISTRAT ZU HAVELBERG runs along the upper periphery between the beaded border and the milled rim. Three small five-pointed stars appear at the base of the design, evenly spaced below the city gate motif. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAGISTRAT ZU HAVELBERG ★ ★ ★ |
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Havelberg's iron notgeld coinage was struck during the acute metal shortages of World War I, when the Imperial government had requisitioned copper and nickel for munitions production, forcing hundreds of German municipalities to issue their own emergency substitutes. Iron was the stopgap of necessity, not preference — it corrodes, it rusts, and it wore poorly in pocket use, which is precisely why survivors in decent condition are harder to find than their original mintage figures might suggest.