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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Löbau-Sa. (Amtshauptmannschaft) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain cream paper within a double-rule rectangular border, with the heading "Kriegs-Gutschein des Bezirksverbandes Löbau vom Jahre 1918." in Gothic-influenced script at the top. A central denomination vignette presents a sunburst medallion enclosing the numeral "10", symmetrically flanked by scrollwork cartouches. A redemption clause in script lettering occupies the lower portion, directing payment at the cashier's office of the Amtshauptmannschaft Löbau. |
| Reverse lettering | Kriegs-Gutschein des Bezirksverbandes Löbau vom Jahre 1918. 10 Dieser Schein wird an der Kasse der Amtshauptmannschaft Löbau eingelöst. |
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Löbau's Amtshauptmannschaft issued this 10 Pfennig Notgeld in 1918 as small-denomination coinage disappeared almost entirely from German circulation — hoarded, melted, or absorbed by wartime metal requisitions. District-level authorities across Saxony stepped in to fill the gap, producing emergency paper in tiny print runs that rarely traveled far beyond the issuing municipality.
Löbau itself was a modest textile district in eastern Saxony, and its Notgeld was purely functional — no artistic ambition, no commemorative angle. The notes were redeemable locally and largely pulled from circulation within a year or two of issue.