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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Breslau (City of Breslau) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Breslau Gutschein über Zehn Mark Breslau, den 29. Oktober 1918 Der Magistrat Dieser Gutschein wird von der Stadthauptkasse in Breslau bis zum Ablauf des 25. Januar 1919 eingelöst. Er verliert nach diesem Tage seine Gültigkeit Grass, Barth & Comp. (W. Friedrich) Breslau |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown and violet on a fine wave-pattern underprint, the reverse carries a central oval vignette of the historic Breslau Town Hall (Rathaus) rendered in detailed line engraving, enclosed within a guilloche rope-border oval. The denomination numeral "10" appears in Gothic script at upper left and upper right, with "Zehn Mark" in Fraktur lettering across the top. Two identical diamond-shaped heraldic vignettes displaying the Silesian eagle within a decorative frame are placed at lower left and lower right. |
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Breslau's municipal administration issued emergency money — Notgeld — in 1918 as the wartime coin shortage made small-denomination transactions increasingly unworkable. The city's own printer, Grass, Barth & Comp. (operating under the W. Friedrich imprint), handled production locally, which was common for Silesian municipal issues but gave this series a distinctly regional character compared to Notgeld contracted out to Berlin or Leipzig firms.
Breslau would pass to Poland in 1945 and be renamed Wrocław. Notes like this one were long obsolete by then, but they survive in quantity — Notgeld was widely saved as curiosities from the moment of issue.