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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Minden |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brownish-red on a light ground, the obverse carries a guilloche border with scalloped inner frame. At upper centre, the Gothic-script heading reads 'Gutschein des Kreises Minden i. Wesf.' flanked by the numeral 10 in each upper corner. To the left, a circular seal bears the Prussian eagle with the legend 'KREISAUSSCHUSS DES KREISES MINDEN'. The large denomination '10 Pfg.' is rendered in bold Gothic lettering at centre, with the written form 'Zehn' above it, and 'Pfg.' repeated at lower left and right. A five-line text below sets out the conditions of acceptance and validity, dated 'Minden i.W., den 17. Juli 1917', with three manuscript signatures for 'Der Kreisausschuss' at lower right, and the printer's imprint of J.C. König & Ebhardt in Hannover at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein des Kreises Minden i. Wesf. KREISAUSSCHUSS DES KREISES MINDEN Zehn 10 Pfg. Pfg. Pfg. Dieser Gutschein wird von der Kreiskommunalkasse und der Kreis-Sparkasse Minden sowie von allen Stadt-, Amts- und Gemeindekassen des Kreises Minden in Zahlung genommen. Der Gutschein verliert 3 Monate nach öffentlicher Aufforderung zur Einlösung seine Gültigkeit Minden i.W., den 17. Juli 1917 Der Kreisausschuss |
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Minden's Kreisausschuss — the district committee, not a bank — issued this as Kriegsgeld, one of thousands of locally authorized emergency notes produced across Germany when the imperial government's metal coinage vanished into wartime hoarding and industrial use. J. C. König & Ebhardt in Hannover were prolific printers of this material, supplying Notgeld to numerous Westphalian and Lower Saxon municipalities throughout 1917.
The watermark is atypical for a note at this denomination — most Pfennig-value Kriegsgeld dispensed with security features entirely.