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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Woldegk |
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| In circulation to | 31 May 1922 |
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| Obverse description | Olive-brown Notgeld printed in letterpress on plain paper, with the denomination numeral '10' in large Gothic figures at upper left and right corners, each accompanied by the abbreviation 'PF.' A central oval cartouche carries a Low German dialect verse in blackletter script. Below, a rectangular vignette presents a panoramic line-engraved townscape of Woldegk with church spires visible on the skyline. The lower section bears the validity inscription and the issuing authority's name above a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | Olive-yellow and rose-pink bicolour Notgeld with an overall geometric cross-hatched guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The word 'REUTERGELD' appears in large Art Nouveau-style capitals across the top. A central rectangular vignette contains a line-engraved view of Woldegk dominated by a tall Gothic church steeple surrounded by rooftops and trees. The denomination '10' in large rose numerals flanks the vignette at left and right, each with 'PF.' below, and the legend 'STADT WOLDEGK' runs in bold capitals along the lower margin. |
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Woldegk is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that hit Germany from around 1916 onward. The Rat der Stadt Woldegk (town council) was the issuing authority, a typical arrangement for smaller municipalities that lacked the banking infrastructure of larger cities but still needed to keep local commerce moving when metal coinage disappeared from circulation almost entirely.
Small-denomination municipal Notgeld of this type was often printed locally on whatever paper stock was available, which accounts for the variation in paper quality and colour saturation seen across surviving examples from this region.