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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Trier (City of Trier) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typographically printed Notgeld note in dark ink on light paper. The denomination numeral '10' appears in bold within solid black corner cartouches at all four corners, flanked on each lateral border by a vertical panel bearing the Trier civic coat of arms — an eagle over a quartered shield — set amid oak leaf and acorn ornamental sprigs. The central field carries the large letterpress legends 'NOTGELD' and 'STADT TRIER' with the Trier heraldic shield vignette interposed between the two words, below which a framed text panel states the municipality's guarantee clause, the issuance date 'TRIER, den 1. JUNI 1920', and an authorising manuscript signature over the printed title 'DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by an ornamental border of grapevine motifs — bunches of grapes and vine leaves — referencing the Moselle wine-growing region, with circular denomination medallions bearing '10' at each corner. The left and right margins each carry a small circular vignette of a civic emblem set within the vine border. The central panel contains a lengthy letterpress text in German exhorting citizens to work to overcome postwar hardship, headed by the denomination line '10 Pfennige. NOTGELD 10 Pfennige.' and the issuer line 'DER STADT TRIER', with the printer's imprint 'SCHAAR & DATHE, TRIER.' at the foot of the text block. |
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Trier's municipal small-change notes of 1920 belong to the vast Kleingeldscheine phenomenon that swept German cities and towns as the postwar coin shortage reached crisis point. Metal had been systematically drained during the war years, and by 1920 even 10-Pfennig pieces had largely vanished from everyday commerce. Thousands of municipalities, utilities, and private firms printed their own stopgap paper — legal in practice if not always in strict statute.
Schaar & Dathe was a local Trier printing house, which means this note was designed, printed, and circulated within a few kilometers of each other — a genuinely local object in every sense.