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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt und Landkreise Dortmund und Hörde |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Two-color letterpress Notgeld note in blue and gold on white paper. A decorative ribbon banner at top carries the word "GUTSCHEIN" in bold Gothic lettering, below which the large gold numeral "10" serves as an underprint behind the denomination legend "ZEHN PFENNIG" in blue. The lower panel bears the issuing authority inscription in Gothic script and the date of issue, all within a stylized blue border with ornamental corner flourishes. |
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| Reverse description | Two-color letterpress vignette in blue and gold depicting a blacksmith standing at an anvil, hammer raised mid-strike, rendered in a robust industrial allegory style typical of Weimar-era Notgeld artwork. Flanking the central figure are sprigs of laurel and oak, with the denomination numeral "10" repeated in the upper left and right corners and again in the lower corners. A base panel below carries the inscriptions "NOTGELD" and "DORTMUND HÖRDE" in bold Gothic type, the whole enclosed within a fine blue serrated border. |
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Dortmund and the surrounding Landkreis Hörde issued this small-denomination notgeld in 1920 as Germany's coinage shortage, rooted in wartime metal requisitioning, dragged well into the postwar period. The joint municipal and district authority structure reflected an administrative arrangement that would later be dissolved when Hörde was absorbed into Dortmund proper in 1928.
At 10 Pfennig, this sits at the lowest practical tier of the notgeld denominations — useful for tram fares and small retail transactions, and produced cheaply enough that the issuing authority absorbed the printing cost without difficulty.