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5 Pfennigs - Haynau Haynauer Stadtblatt
| Issuer | Haynauer Stadtblatt, Haynau (Silesia) |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a beaded outer border following the eight-sided periphery. A twisted rope circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral '5' is prominently raised in relief. The circular legend 'HAYNAUER STADTBLATT' is distributed around the rope border, reading from upper left to lower right, with small six-pointed star stops punctuating the inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 5 * * * |
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Haynau, a small Silesian linen-trading town, saw its local newspaper — the Haynauer Stadtblatt — step into currency production during the notgeld emergency of World War I, when the German Reich's small-denomination coinage essentially evaporated from circulation as metal was commandeered for the war effort. Newspapers issuing their own emergency pfennig tokens was not unique to Haynau, but it underscores how thoroughly the coinage system had broken down at the municipal level by mid-war.