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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Aschaffenburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on cream paper, the obverse is framed by an ornate letterpress border with circular rosette cartouches at each corner enclosing the numeral '10'. The central vignette reproduces the official seal of Aschaffenburg, showing a bishop figure beneath a Gothic arch, surrounded by the legend 'ASCHAFF·INBURG·SIGIL', set behind the large Fraktur denomination inscription 'Zehn Mark'. The issuer's name 'Stadt Aschaffenburg' appears at the top in Gothic script, with the promise-to-pay text and 'Stadtmagistrat' signature line in smaller Fraktur type in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large central vignette rendered in fine black line engraving on cream paper, presenting a panoramic view of Johannisburg Castle as seen from the River Main, with a sailing vessel on the water in the foreground and trees flanking the composition. The elaborate border repeats the denomination numeral '10' in circular rosette cartouches at each corner and in a continuous repeating motif along all four sides, interspersed with floral ornaments. No additional text appears on the reverse. |
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Aschaffenburg's Stadtmagistrat issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany from roughly 1916 onward. Municipal authorities across Bavaria and beyond were authorized to produce small-denomination emergency issues to keep local commerce functioning when metal coinage disappeared into hoarding and war production.
The DeNG 3#022.02 reference places this within the third catalog volume of German Notgeld, a sprawling field where minor typographic variants between otherwise identical issues can separate common from genuinely scarce. Worth confirming which specific variant this represents before pricing accordingly.