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10 Mark
| Issuer | Kreiskasse Mosbach (District Treasury of Mosbach) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple-brown on white paper, the obverse is framed by an intricate guilloche border of concentric circles and geometric repeating motifs filling all four corners. A central cartouche of ornate scrollwork encloses the issuing authority legend, the denomination in large bold typeface, and a multi-line text block in German Gothic script stating the note's legal tender status and redemption conditions, dated Mosbach, 15. November 1918. A repeating watermark-style underprint of the Kreis Mosbach municipal arms fills the central field, with denomination numerals "10" set within circular devices at left and right, and the serial number printed in red above the central text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same purple-brown palette and shares the identical guilloche border of concentric circles and geometric corner ornaments as the obverse. The central cartouche contains a scenic landscape vignette rendered in a painterly style, showing a multi-storey building with an onion-domed church tower rising behind it, set among mature trees with figures and poultry visible in the foreground. Denomination numerals "10" within circular devices anchor the left and right margins. |
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Kreiskasse Mosbach was one of hundreds of German district-level treasuries authorized to issue emergency money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage of 1917–18, when hoarding and metal requisitions stripped small denominations from everyday commerce. Mosbach, a small administrative district in the Grand Duchy of Baden, had no printing infrastructure of any significance, and notes at this level were typically produced by local commercial printers working from simple typeset layouts rather than engraved plates.
The 10 Mark denomination is on the higher end for municipal Notgeld of this period; most district issues clustered around 50 Pfennig to 2 Mark. Higher-value pieces were issued in smaller quantities and often redeemed quickly once Reichsbank supply normalized in 1919.