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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Emmendingen (City of Emmendingen, Baden) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-grey Notgeld printed on plain paper, with the issuer's title 'Stadt Emmendingen' in large Gothic lettering across the top within a decorative border. To the left, the circular municipal seal of Stadtgemeinde Emmendingen — dated 1590 and bearing the Baden arms supported by two figures — is set within a ruled cartouche; to the right, the denomination 'Zehn Mark' is rendered in ornate script beneath the voucher legend 'Gutschein über', with the place and date 'Emmendingen, den 30. Okt. 1918' below. Two manuscript signatures appear above a boxed redemption notice, with the numeral '10' and 'Mark' repeated at the lower corners. |
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| Reverse description | Olive-grey reverse centred on an oval vignette of Emmendingen's market square, with the town hall and its clock tower rendered in fine letterpress line engraving against a clouded sky, framed by a scroll banner bearing 'Stadt Emmendingen'. The four corners each carry a decorative rosette medallion with the numeral '10' and 'Mark' on flanking ribbon scrolls. Below the central vignette a cartouche contains the standard German anti-counterfeiting warning in Gothic script. |
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Emmendingen's 10 Mark note of 1918 belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency money — Kriegsnotgeld — issued across Germany as the Imperial government's currency supply collapsed under wartime strain. Cities, towns, and even individual businesses were authorized to fill the gap locally. Dölter, a regional printer based in Emmendingen itself, produced this issue, which kept the entire operation within the town.
Municipal notes of this denomination from small Baden towns were rarely saved; most cycled back through local commerce and were redeemed or simply worn out within months.