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10 Mark Altershilfe des deutschen Volkes
| Issuer | City of Breslau (Lower Silesia) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a portrait bust of Gerhart Hauptmann set within a framed rectangular panel, rendered in fine intaglio style against a purple guilloche underprint. A diagonal ribbon banner across the portrait bears the dates '15 November 1862–1922', commemorating the playwright's 60th birthday, with the name 'GERHART HAUPTMANN' inscribed below the frame. The denomination '10 MARK' appears in each corner, with the legends 'ALTERSHILFE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES' and 'PROVINZ NIEDERSCHLESIEN' arranged along the octagonal border, and the printer's imprint 'GRASS, BARTH & COMP. W. FRIEDRICH BRESLAU' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALTERSHILFE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES 10 MARK PROVINZ NIEDERSCHLESIEN 15 November 1862–1922 GERHART HAUPTMANN GÜLTIG BIS ZUM 30.5.1923 GRASS, BARTH & COMP. W. FRIEDRICH BRESLAU |
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Breslau's 1922 Altershilfe note is Notgeld in the strict sense — emergency municipal paper issued to address a specific social welfare shortfall rather than a general currency shortage. The "Altershilfe des deutschen Volkes" was an old-age assistance program, and this 10 Mark piece was tied directly to fundraising or scrip distribution within that framework, which makes it functionally distinct from the bulk of Weimar-era municipal inflation notes.
Grass, Barth & Comp. W. Friedrich was a well-established Breslau commercial printer, not a specialist banknote house. That local production origin is worth noting — no security printing, no intaglio.