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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ruhpolding (Municipality of Ruhpolding) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on a green guilloche underprint, the reverse repeats the decorative border of rosettes and interlaced ornaments from the obverse, with the numeral '10' running vertically in both side margins. At the top, the issuer name 'Gemeinde Ruhpolding' is set in blackletter, beneath which the denomination 'Zehn Pfennig' appears in large gothic script, followed at centre by a four-line verse in quotation marks and three lines of redemption text specifying the two-month recall period, the exchange office at the Gemeindliche Zentralkasse Ruhpolding, and the statutory penalty for counterfeiting. The printer's imprint 'GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN.' is placed at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Ruhpolding Zehn Pfennig "Das Beste ist es auf der Welt, Daß Tod und Teufel nimmt kein Geld, Sonst müßte oft ein armer G'sell Für einen Reichen in die Höll." Einlösung des Scheins erfolgt 2 Monate nach Aufruf. Umtauschstelle: Gemeindliche Zentralkasse Ruhpolding. Nachahmung des Kassenscheins wird gesetzlich bestraft. GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN. |
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Ruhpolding is a small Bavarian resort village in the Chiemgau Alps — not the sort of place that would normally appear in a numismatic catalog. But the post-WWI Kleingeldersatz crisis forced even the smallest German municipalities to print their own emergency currency when coin shortages became acute. Gebrüder Parcus of Munich was one of the more prolific printers of Bavarian Notgeld, handling output for dozens of communities during this period.
The 1b suffix in the reference distinguishes a specific paper or color variant within the R58 series — worth confirming against the physical note before cataloging.