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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Universitätsstadt Jena (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 | Universitätsstadt Jena Gutschein über Pf. 10 Pf. Jena, den 1. August 1920. Der Gemeindevorstand. Oberbürgermeister Gültig nur im Stadtbezirk Jena. Ummechslung jederzeit in Reichsgeld bei allen städtischen Kassen. Beschluß des Gemeinderates vom 1. März 1917. |
| Reverse description | Dark green letterpress note on cream paper within an identical guilloche border. A central heraldic shield vignette presents the full arms of Jena, a standing female saint figure flanked by twin church towers, set against a circular cartouche. The denomination is stated in Gothic script as 'Zehn Pfennig', with 'Stadt' to the left and 'Jena' to the right. Below the vignette, a block of legal text warns against counterfeiting and sets conditions for redemption. A bold serial number appears at the foot, with the printer's imprint 'GEBR. PARCUS. MÜNCHEN.' at the very bottom margin. |
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Jena's 1920 Notgeld series was produced at a moment when municipal authorities across Weimar Germany were printing emergency small-denomination notes not merely out of necessity, but with deliberate civic pride — Jena being a university town had an obvious interest in presenting something more refined than the average rural Gemeinde issue. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled a substantial volume of Notgeld commissions during this period and brought consistent lithographic quality to what were essentially throwaway instruments.
The paper composition and the printer's Munich origin are worth distinguishing: Parcus printed for dozens of issuing municipalities, so shared design elements across their client commissions are not uncommon and can create misattribution problems for collectors working from imagery alone.