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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Elberfeld (City of Elberfeld) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegsnotgeld der Stadt Elberfeld. 10 Gutschein über 10 Mark Mark Zehn Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen in Elberfeld in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit am 1. Februar 1919. Die Stadtgemeinde Elberfeld haftet für die Einlösung. Elberfeld, den 25. Oktober 1918. Der Oberbürgermeister |
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| Reverse lettering | Kriegsnotgeld der Stadt Elberfeld. Gut für Zehn Mark Gültig bis 1. Februar 1919. 10 10 10 10 |
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Elberfeld issued this note in 1918 as Notgeld — emergency municipal currency produced when the Reichsbank could no longer supply sufficient small denomination money to keep daily commerce moving during the final year of the war. Samuel Lucas was a local printing firm, and using a hometown press rather than a specialized banknote printer was entirely typical of Notgeld production: municipalities worked with whoever was nearby and available.
Elberfeld itself ceased to exist as an independent city in 1929, absorbed into the newly created Wuppertal alongside Barmen and several smaller communities.