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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindevorstand Schwarza an der Saale |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 PFENNIG Freund, sollte dir nicht gefallen Dies Geld, — weil es nicht klingt, Dann frage du nach bei Alten, Ob in Not wohl einer auch singt. GÜLTIG BIS AUF WIDERRUF DURCH ÖFFENTLICHE BEKANNTMACHUNG. SCHWARZA (SAALE) 30. JAN. 1921 DER GEMEINDEVORST. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 PFENNIG NOTGELD der Gemeinde Schwarza |
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Schwarza an der Saale is a small industrial settlement in Thuringia, and this 10 Pfennig Notgeld note was issued by its Gemeindevorstand — the municipal administrative body — during the acute small-change famine that paralyzed German retail commerce in 1921. The Reichsbank simply could not produce enough low-denomination coin to keep pace with post-war economic disruption, and thousands of municipalities, companies, and institutions stepped in with their own paper substitutes.
Schwarza's industrial character — it became better known later for its large chemical works — made it unusual among the tiny communities issuing Notgeld, most of which were rural market towns.