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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreis-Ausschuss des Kreises Erkelenz |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the same salmon-pink geometric underprint as the obverse. Three circular vignettes are arranged horizontally across the centre: the left and right circles each bear the bold numeral '10', while the central, larger circle contains a detailed engraved view of the Gothic parish church of St. Lambertus in Erkelenz, its tall spire rising against an open sky, with surrounding townscape elements visible at the base. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 10 |
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Kreis Erkelenz sits in the Rhineland, and this 1920 note is a product of the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's defeat — municipal and district authorities across the country were forced to print their own small-denomination Notgeld simply to make change. The Kreis-Ausschuss, the elected district committee, had no issuing authority under normal circumstances; that it was printing currency at all reflects how completely the central monetary system had fractured.
10-Pfennig pieces are among the smallest face values in the German Notgeld series, and district-level issues at this denomination are more perishable than most — discarded once coin returned.