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| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Boizenburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Un nu - in Gotts Namen - gah ein Jeder in t Geschice 10 Pfg Dieser Schein hat Gültigkeit bis zum 31. Mai 1922 Rat der Stadt Boizenburg i/M |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Pfg Blick auf Boizenburg von den Elbbergen Um das Jahr 1850 Reutergeld der Stadt Boizenburg |
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Boizenburg am Elbe is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities it issued its own emergency paper during the Kleingeldnot — the small-change shortage — that gripped Germany from around 1916 onward as metal coinage was hoarded or melted. The Rat der Stadt, the town council, had the legal authority to authorize these Notgeld issues locally, bypassing any central banking apparatus entirely.
Low-denomination municipal Notgeld of this type was typically printed in short runs by regional print shops, often on whatever paper stock was available. Survival rates vary considerably by issue.