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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Peine (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-grey on a fine geometric dot-pattern underprint and carries the large Gothic script legend 'Zehn Mark' across the centre, with a large numeral '10' in blue forming the background of a central circular vignette enclosing the crowned municipal coat of arms of Peine. The issuing authority text flanks the arms on either side, and a red circular magistrate validation stamp appears at upper right. The date 'Peine den 15. Nov. 1918' is placed at lower left, with a facsimile signature for 'Der Magistrat' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on plain cream paper and presents a symmetrical letterpress composition centred on an oval vignette of a perched owl with a small municipal coat of arms at its breast, inscribed 'PEINE' below. The denomination '10 Mark' appears in large Gothic numerals flanking the central vignette on both sides, with two small heraldic crests set above the horizontal border rule at upper left and upper right. Below the design, a two-line Gothic script legend states the expiry date of validity. |
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Peine's municipal administration issued this note under the emergency currency provisions that proliferated across German towns from 1914 onward, though by 1918 Notgeld had shifted from genuine emergency stopgap to something closer to a managed local expedient — the Reichsbank's coin withdrawal had been total by that point, and municipalities were effectively running parallel small-denomination systems with official tolerance.
Löffler & Diehl printed locally, which was common for the smaller Niedersachsen issues. Provincial printers with limited intaglio capacity meant most of these town notes relied on typographic or basic lithographic methods, making them easier to reproduce fraudulently — a known problem with 1918 municipal issues.