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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Hof an der Saale (City of Hof, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Marks |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in blue, carries a central heraldic shield-shaped vignette with the arms of the city of Hof — a tower flanked by a lion rampant and an angel, surmounted by a crowned figure — enclosed within a decorative scalloped border, with the city monogram 'HOF.' on a ribbon below. The denomination 'Zehn Mark' in Gothic script runs across the top, and circular guilloche medallions bearing '10 Mark' appear at each side. The printer's imprint 'GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN' is present in the lower right margin, and a two-line anti-counterfeiting warning is set beneath the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Nachahmungen oder Fälschungen werden strafrechtlich verfolgt. |
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Hof an der Saale issued this 10 Mark note in 1918 as Notgeld — emergency municipal currency produced because the wartime Reich government had effectively lost control of small-denomination circulation. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich was one of the most active printers of Bavarian municipal emergency issues during this period, handling dozens of town and city commissions simultaneously, which occasionally led to shared border ornaments and typography across otherwise unrelated issues.
The watermark is worth attention — most Notgeld of this type was printed on plain stock, and its presence here suggests Parcus drew on a better grade of paper than strictly necessary for a note expected to circulate only until the monetary situation stabilized.