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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 description | Typeset Notgeld voucher printed in black on cream paper with a central vertical guilloche underprint in green. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large bold type at upper left alongside the word 'Pfennig', while the title 'Gutschein' is set in bold letterpress at upper centre, followed by a serial number prefixed 'No'. The value in words 'Zehn Pfennig' is rendered in large blackletter script across the centre field. To the upper right, the crowned Saxon coat of arms is printed as a woodcut-style vignette with two lion supporters. The lower portion carries a multi-line text clause in Fraktur script specifying the geographic and temporal validity of the note, concluded by the issuing authority line and a manuscript facsimile signature of the Bezirksausschuss representative. |
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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. |
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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.