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10 Fenigów Bydgoszcz
| Issuer | Magistrat Bydgoszczy (Municipality of Bydgoszcz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Znaczek wartościowy / na 10 fen / w słowach: Dziesięć fenigów / Bydgoszcz, dnia 11. marza 1920. / Magistrat / MAGISTRAT BYDGOSZCZY |
| Reverse description | Cream-toned surface printed in dark brown ink with a lattice-pattern guilloche border framing the entire note. The upper section carries the heading 'Gutschein über 10 Pf.' flanked by the circular seal of the Magistrat zu Bromberg at centre top. A central oval panel bears the written denomination 'in Worten: Zehn Pfennig.', while two circular cartouches at lower left and right each display '10 Pfennig'. The date 'Bromberg, den 11. März 1920.' and the legend 'Der Magistrat' appear above two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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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.