Catalog
10 Pfennig Straßenbahn
| Issuer | Straßenbahn Halle (Halle Tramway Company), Halle an der Saale |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a bold circular legend 'STRASSENBAHN · HALLE ·' arranged around the outer ring, printed in relief letterpress on reddish-brown cardboard. At centre, a crescent enclosing a six-pointed star forms the principal device, flanked by a small star at the base, all enclosed within concentric circular bands. |
| Reverse lettering | STRASSENBAHN · HALLE · |
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Tramway companies across German-speaking territories issued their own small-denomination notgeld during and after World War I to address the chronic shortage of subsidiary coinage — the war had pulled copper and nickel out of circulation and into munitions. Halle's tramway authority was among dozens of transit operators that printed or pressed their own fare tokens and fractional notes rather than wait for the municipal or state treasury to act.
Pressed cardboard rather than paper signals a purely functional object: durable enough to survive repeated handling in conductor pouches and turnstile trays, not intended as a collectible. These pieces circulated hard.