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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Immenstadt i/A |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper with a green rectangular border frame enclosing the entire design. At centre, the municipal coat of arms of Immenstadt — a quartered shield bearing a fish on the left and a leafy branch on the right, surmounted by a beehive with a bee — is printed in green and black. Gothic script legends appear in two columns flanking the arms, with the denomination numerals '10' printed in red at lower left and lower right. Below the arms, the issuance text names the Stadtmagistrat and bears the date '4. April 1918' together with the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister. A black serial number appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green, black, and red on cream paper within a green rectangular border. Two overlapping circular vignettes, each framed by a laurel wreath with red dot ornaments, dominate the composition: the left medallion contains a sheaf of grain tied at its base, while the right medallion shows a standing armoured warrior holding a sword, with a red cross above. The denomination numeral '10' appears in red gothic type at all four corners, with 'Pf.' centred at the top. A gothic-script motto runs along the lower margin. |
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Immenstadt im Allgäu issued this note under wartime Notgeld provisions that allowed municipal authorities to produce small-denomination emergency paper when coinage had effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or commandeered for the war effort. By 1918 the German monetary system was so strained that even market towns in Bavaria were printing their own pfennig fractions.
The DeNG reference places this among the documented Stadtmagistrat issues, distinguishing it from the later decorative "Serienscheine" that flooded the market in 1920–21 for collector sale rather than genuine use. This one was meant to buy bread.