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10 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Hamm (Westfalen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1921 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a humorous genre vignette in the regional folk tradition: two jovial figures in shirtsleeves sit back-to-back astride a large beer barrel, each raising a foaming stein. Denomination roundels reading '10 Pf.' in red are placed at upper left and upper right. Centred on the barrel is the municipal coat of arms of Hamm surmounted by the brand inscription 'Hammer Keut' in Gothic lettering, flanked by decorative acanthus scrollwork at the base. The colour scheme combines red, black, and warm brown tones against a grey-green ground. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 Pf. Hammer Keut |
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Hamm's 1921 Kleingeldscheine series was a direct response to the acute small-coin shortage gripping German municipalities in the early Weimar period. Metal had been hoarded, melted, or simply worn out of circulation, and the Reichsbank could not supply subsidiary coinage fast enough to keep local commerce moving. Hundreds of German towns issued their own emergency fractions — Hamm among them.
These municipal 10-Pfennig notes were printed locally and intended for strictly short-term use within the city limits, redeemable once the coinage shortage eased. Few were saved deliberately.