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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindevorstand Blumenthal i. Hann. (Municipality of Blumenthal in Hannover) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Herm. Seubert, Blumenthal, Germany |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and orange on a light green guilloche underprint ground. A curved banner at the top carries the issuer inscription in bold letterpress type, flanked by floral scroll vignettes at each corner. The large denomination numeral '10' and the abbreviation 'PFG.' occupy the central panel in orange and black, with two flanking text cartouches in German stating the conditions of redemption. The lower margin records the place and date of issue at left, with the manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorstand at right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Pfg. 10 No |
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Blumenthal was an independent industrial municipality on the Weser, north of Bremen, built largely around the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei und Kammgarnspinnerei — one of the largest wool-combing operations in Europe at the time. The 1920 date places this squarely in the Kleingeldnotzeit, when a nationwide coin shortage forced thousands of German municipalities and private entities to print their own small-denomination Notgeld to keep local commerce moving. Herm. Seubert was a local printer, not a specialist currency house, which is typical of this wave of hyperlocal emergency issues.
Blumenthal was absorbed into Bremen in 1939.