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10 kg Eisen
| Issuer | Third Reich (Nazi Germany) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Kg EISEN |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain paper reverse showing faint blue ink set-off ghost of the obverse vignette visible through the thin stock. |
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These small paper slips were not currency in any conventional sense. Issued under the Nazi raw materials allocation system, they functioned as commodity warrants — specifically entitling the bearer to claim ten kilograms of iron (Eisen) from designated state-controlled distribution points. The Reich's rearmament drive from 1933 onward created chronic shortages of industrial metals, and warrant-based rationing of steel and iron became a bureaucratic necessity well before the war began.
The extreme small size was deliberate — these circulated in bulk, bundled administratively rather than handed over as individual instruments.