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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Leipzig-Land (District Association of Leipzig-Land) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 10 Pfennig Zehn Pfennig Dieser Gutschein gilt nur für den Bezirk der Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig und wird bis zum 31. Dezember 1919 in ihm von allen Sparkassen jederzeit in Zahlung genommen. Für den Bezirksverband Leipzig-Land. Der Bezirksausschuß. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and shows a plain cream paper surface, with the obverse design visible in mirror image as a full bleed show-through, revealing the green guilloche underprint, the blackletter text, serial number, and coat of arms in reverse orientation. A perforated border frames the note on all four sides, consistent with the obverse margin treatment. |
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Leipzig-Land was one of hundreds of German administrative districts that printed their own emergency small-change notes — Kleingeldscheine — during the post-WWI coin shortage. The Reichsbank had effectively stopped producing low-denomination coinage as wartime metal demands gutted circulation, and by 1919 local authorities were filling the gap themselves. Bezirksverband Leipzig-Land sat just outside the city proper, covering the rural fringe, and its notgeld issues reflect the fragmented, district-by-district scramble that characterized the period.
Printing quality and paper stock vary considerably across the 1919 Leipzig-Land issues — a consequence of sourcing from whatever local printer was available.