Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Oppeln |
|---|---|
| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 56 × 44 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured note with a diamond-pattern guilloche underprint in ochre forming lateral borders on both sides. At centre, a circular vignette renders the municipal coat of arms of Oppeln — an eagle displayed on a shield — printed in ochre as an underprint, overlaid by the circular legend of the Magistrat zu Oppeln in the same colour. The denomination and issuing authority are printed in bold blackletter (Fraktur) typography, with the validity date set in a smaller italic script at the foot. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für 10 Pfennig der Stadt-Hauptkasse Oppeln. Gültig bis zum 30. Juni 1917. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Oppeln (now Opole, Poland) was one of hundreds of German municipalities that issued Kleingeldscheine during the First World War after hoarding stripped small coinage from everyday commerce almost overnight. The Stadthauptkasse — the city treasury, not a bank — had direct authority to issue these emergency fractional notes without going through the Reichsbank, which is why the quality and format varied so dramatically from town to town.
Silesian municipal issues from 1917 are generally less documented than their Westphalian or Saxon counterparts, and survivor populations are thin.