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10 Pfennigs Obverse Trial, Silver
| Issuer | Free city of Danzig (City of Danzig, Polish States) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Weight | 2.78 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the arms of the City of Danzig: an oval shield bearing two crosses, surmounted by a crown, flanked by decorative scrollwork and floral ornaments. A winged angel effigy is displayed above the shield. The circular legend in Fraktur blackletter script reads 'STADT DANZIG' around the upper portion of the coin, with the date '1920' positioned in the lower exergue area. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with additional floral and foliate decorative elements filling the outer field. |
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| Mintage | 1920 |
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Danzig's brief window as a Free City — established by the Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and placed under League of Nations protection — created an immediate administrative scramble to produce a functioning local coinage. This silver trial piece for the 10 Pfennig denomination was part of that exploratory process; the circulating issue was ultimately struck in iron, making this silver obverse die trial a production artifact rather than a proposed alternative metal.
The Danzig Senate contracted the Berlin Mint for the initial coinage. Trial pieces from this period survive in very small numbers, most traceable to mint archives dispersed after 1939.