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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Orlamünde (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 description | Pink and olive-grey notgeld on paper with large numeral '10' at each corner within a crosshatched border. A decorative scroll banner across the upper half carries the Gothic-script text 'Gutschein der Stadt Orlamünde i. Thür.' with the denomination 'Zehn Pfennig' in bold red lettering below. At centre, the coloured municipal coat of arms of Orlamünde — a crowned helm above a quartered shield bearing a black lion on yellow — is flanked by validity text and the issue date '2. Sept. 1920', with a manuscript signature of the Stadtrat to the right and a serial number at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gott vom blauen Himmelszelt, wehr ob dein Kriegesplace. bis in die fernsten Hage Schütze unser liebes Vaterland. Schneider & Co. Altenburg, S/A |
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Orlamünde is a small town in Thuringia with a population that barely cracked a thousand in 1920, which makes its participation in the Kleingeldersatz wave of that year entirely typical of the postwar municipal emergency. The nationwide coin shortage following WWI prompted thousands of German towns — including many this size — to issue their own Notgeld, and Schneider & Co. in nearby Altenburg handled a significant volume of this regional small-denomination work.
The O24.2b suffix in the DeNG catalog indicates a known variety within the series, likely a color or paper distinction from O24.2a — collectors should verify the specific differentiating characteristic before attribution.