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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Triptis (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | über Notgeld 10 Pfennig Stadtgemeinde Triptis in Thüringen Gültig bis 30. Juni 1922. Einlösungsstellen: Städt. Sparkasse und Stadtkasse Triptis. Triptis, d. 1. Juni 1920. Der Stadtgemeindevorstand 10 10 |
| Reverse description | Printed in deep red on a pale green guilloche underprint, the reverse carries a central vignette of the Triptiser Rathaus (town hall), rendered as a detailed architectural engraving within a rectangular frame with a ribbon cartouche below bearing the label "Triptiser Rathaus". The denomination numeral "10" appears in the upper left and upper right corners. Flanking the vignette are two local sayings in Fraktur script: to the left "Tripliser Sand ist in der ganzen Welt bekannt" and to the right "Tripstrill, wo die Pfütze über die Weide hängt." A black serial number is printed in the lower centre. |
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Triptis is a small industrial town in eastern Thuringia, better known historically for its porcelain manufacturing than for its paper money. This note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — issued across Germany in 1920 when coin shortages, driven by metal hoarding and postwar monetary disruption, left towns and businesses unable to make change for everyday transactions. Thousands of municipalities printed their own, and most circulated only within their immediate locality before being redeemed and pulped.
The sheer volume of Triptis Notgeld that survived suggests overprinting was common practice — collectors were already buying unissued sheets directly from town halls by 1921.