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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Großbreitenbach (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 67 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on buff-toned paper and carries a large decorative Fraktur inscription reading 'Notgeld der Stadt Großbreitenbach in Thüringen' across the upper portion, with the denomination '10 Pf' rendered in bold red letterpress at center. A central vignette presents the town coat of arms surmounted by a church steeple, flanked on either side by cornucopia-style decorative urns filled with fruit and foliage, the entire composition executed in dark green and red multicolor letterpress with fine line detail; the artist's signature 'C. Neu' appears at lower left. The issuance date 'Großbreitenbach, am 20. Aug. 1921' and the facsimile signatures of the Magistrat and Gemeinderat appear to the right, alongside a validity clause in small text at upper left. |
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| Reverse description | No second image provided; reverse details are not documented in available catalog sources for this note. |
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Großbreitenbach is a small industrial town in the Thuringian highlands, historically tied to glass and toy manufacturing. This 10 Pfennig Kleingeldschein dates from the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in 1921, when postwar inflation made coin metal hoarding economically rational and municipal authorities across the country stepped in to fill the gap with locally issued emergency paper.
The print date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog record almost certainly refers to a document date in the source archive, not a press run — the note itself belongs firmly to the 1921 Notgeld wave.