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5 Mark - Thale am Harz
| Issuer | Thale am Harz, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#537.15, Men18#31184.2, Men18#31184.3 |
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| Reverse description | A full-length figure of the Wild Man (Wilder Mann), a heraldic figure associated with the Harz region, stands facing left in the centre of the field, his body covered in coarse hair and a leafy loincloth. He holds a club or staff upright in his right hand and grasps a uprooted fir tree in his raised left hand. To his right, a boar or wild animal crouches at the base of the fir tree. The entire composition is enclosed within a thin inner circle, with three six-pointed star ornaments arranged at the lower arc of the border. |
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| Mintage | ND (1921) - F#537.15 - ND (1921) - F#537.15a) white enamelled - ND (1921) - F#537.15b) grey-white enamelled - |
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Thale's 1921 notgeld issues belong to a brief, peculiar episode in German emergency coinage when municipalities — facing a nationwide coin shortage — began producing their own metallic substitutes from whatever materials were available. Iron with enamel coating was an unusual choice even by the loose standards of the period, offering durability at the cost of considerable production complexity for a temporary instrument.
The Funck reference distinguishes at least two catalogue variants (Men18#31184.2 and .3), most likely differentiated by enamel color rather than die type.