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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Neidenburg (City of Neidenburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | NEIDENBURG, O./PR. 10 PFENNIG Dieser Stadtgeldschein wurde herausgegeben zur Erinnerung an den 11. Juli 1920, den Tag des gewaltigen Bekenntnisses zum Deutschtum. Neidenburg, O./Pr. den 22. September 1920. Der Magistrat Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufforderung FLEMMING - WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU |
| Reverse description | Yellow and dark grey reverse with a large central oval vignette presenting a scenic view of Neidenburg across a lake, with the town's church tower and castle reflected in the still water, surrounded by trees and low buildings beneath a clouded sky, rendered in fine letterpress engraving. Denomination numerals '10' appear in each corner within ornamental cartouches. A decorative motto banner arching above the oval reads 'Arbeit · ist · des · Bürgers · Zierde' and the lower arc reads 'Segen · ist · der · Mühe · Preis', the whole enclosed within an elaborate foliate border. |
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Neidenburg — now Nidzica in northeastern Poland — issued this Notgeld piece during the plebiscite period that followed the Treaty of Versailles. The town sat within the zone subject to the July 1920 referendum on whether southern East Prussia would remain German or transfer to Poland. Local Notgeld from this period was often deliberately attractive, a quiet piece of soft propaganda aimed at reinforcing regional identity at a politically charged moment.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were among the more prolific Notgeld printers of the early 1920s, handling commissions from dozens of municipalities across eastern Germany simultaneously.