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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bad Berka (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Bad Berka 10 Pfennig Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf. Bad Berka, den 20. Aug. 1920 Der Stadtgemeindevorstand: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green on cream paper and carries a serial number in bold block numerals at the upper left. The central vignette is a scenic view of the Carl-August-Quelle, a mineral spring pavilion in Bad Berka's spa park, rendered in fine letterpress line work showing a timber-framed kiosk structure with a decorative fence, park benches, and tall trees along a promenade. The caption 'CARL-AUGUST-QUELLE' is printed in a straight serif typeface at the bottom centre of the vignette border. |
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Bad Berka, a small spa town in Thuringia, issued this emergency note during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Kleingeldersatz problem — the near-total disappearance of small denomination coins from circulation — forced hundreds of German municipalities to print their own Notgeld in 1919–1920, and Reineck & Klein in Weimar handled the printing contracts for numerous Thuringian communities during this period.
The 1920 issues from Bad Berka are among the more modestly documented in the Thuringian series, with DeNG 2#79 being a relatively thin catalog entry.