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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Sonneberg (City of Sonneberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Sonneberg, am 20. Februar 1920 10 Pf Der Magistrat: Der Gemeinderat: Ad. W. Müller. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Sonneberg i/m GEBR. PARCUS. MÜNCHEN. |
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Sonneberg's 1920 Kleingeldscheine were a direct response to the acute small-change shortage that plagued Germany in the immediate postwar years, when coin metal was scarce and the public hoarded whatever specie survived the war economy. Hundreds of German municipalities issued their own emergency fractional notes during this window, but Sonneberg — a Thuringian town whose economy ran on toy manufacturing — was among the more modest participants, issuing small runs through Gebrüder Parcus rather than the larger specialist houses handling the high-volume civic issues.
Parcus, based in Munich, was a legitimate commercial printer with experience in securities work, though far less prominent in the Notgeld trade than firms like Giesecke & Devrient.