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| Emittent | Stadt Heidelberg (City of Heidelberg) |
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| Jahr | 1918 |
| Typ | Local banknote |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse of this German Notgeld issue presents the denomination '10 Mark' in bold letterpress typography, accompanied by the issuing authority designation of the City of Heidelberg and the date of issue 1918. Decorative borders and typographic ornamentation frame the central text panel, consistent with the emergency currency printing conventions of the Kriegsnotgeld period. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse carries standard redemption or legal text typical of municipal Notgeld issues of 1918, printed in black letterpress on plain paper stock, with ornamental borders echoing those of the obverse. The overall design is austere and utilitarian, reflecting the wartime emergency conditions under which this local currency was produced. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Heidelberg's municipal emergency money — Stadtgeld, not Reichsbank paper — appeared in 1918 as the imperial supply chain for small-denomination coinage collapsed under wartime metal requisitioning. Cities, towns, and even individual businesses were authorized to fill the gap themselves, which accounts for the bewildering variety of local issuers across Germany in 1917–1919.
August Osterrieth was a Frankfurt commercial printer, not a banknote specialist, which is typical of Notgeld production generally — these were commodity print jobs, not security printing commissions.