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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Peine |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Small-format Notgeld note issued by the City of Peine, with the denomination "10 Pfennig" inscribed in bold letterpress type at centre. The issuing authority and date of issue appear within a plain typographic layout typical of wartime emergency currency, without elaborate vignette work. A simple border frame encloses the text elements. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries printed text establishing the legal basis and validity of the note as local emergency currency, consistent with standard Notgeld practice of the period. Typographic layout is utilitarian, with denomination and validity conditions set in plain serif type within a framed border. |
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Peine is an industrial town in Lower Saxony, and its municipal emergency money from this period reflects the acute small-change famine that gripped Germany as hyperinflation began eroding coin circulation. The Gebrüder Parcus firm in Munich was one of the more prolific Notgeld printers of the era, handling issues for dozens of municipalities simultaneously — which means quality control was consistent but the designs tend toward the workmanlike rather than the elaborate.
The Gra:P11.3a suffix indicates a catalogued variety within a broader Peine series, suggesting at least minor distinguishing characteristics between printings — worth checking against the color or serial characteristics of adjacent varieties before attributing.