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10 Fenigów Bydgoszcz
| Issuer | Magistrat Bydgoszczy (Municipality of Bydgoszcz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfen (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Orange-tinted notgeld printed in dark green ink with an ornate letterpress border of stylized foliate motifs flanking both sides. The upper panel bears the title 'Znaczek wartościowy' in bold lettering within a dark guilloche cartouche, below which the denomination '10 fen' is set in large numerals. A central text band reads 'w słowach: Dziesięć fenigów', and the lower section carries the circular seal of the Magistrat Bydgoszczy at left, the date 'Bydgoszcz, dnia 11. marca 1920.' and two manuscript signatures above the word 'Magistrat', with a small oval denomination cartouche at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Znaczek wartościowy / na 10 fen / w słowach: Dziesięć fenigów / Bydgoszcz, dnia 11. marza 1920. / Magistrat / MAGISTRAT BYDGOSZCZY |
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Bydgoszcz was transferred from German to Polish administration in January 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and this note belongs to the chaotic transitional period that followed. The city's German name, Bromberg, still appears in the printer's imprint — Richard Niehl's press had operated there under German rule and continued printing locally even as the municipal authority reorganized under Polish governance. Small-denomination Notgeld of this kind filled the void left by the collapse of the old monetary system before Polish state currency could circulate reliably in the newly acquired territories.