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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Allenstein (City of Allenstein) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Allenstein Zehn Pfennig Nikolaus Koppernikus Stadthalter auf Schloß Allenstein 1516-19 u. 1590-21 ex oriente lux Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Bekanntmachung. Allenstein den 1. April 1921. Der Magistrat und die Stadtverordnetenversammlung FLEMMING - WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU |
| Reverse description | Brown notgeld reverse with four denomination circles bearing the numeral '10' at each corner, printed in teal-green guilloche underprint. A large central shield-shaped vignette in teal and black renders a silhouetted nocturnal view of Schloß Allenstein reflected in water, with ruined masonry and a tree forming the skyline. The heading 'Schloß Allenstein' in blackletter script runs across the top; the series letter and serial number are printed in red in oval cartouches at centre-left and centre-right respectively, and the designer's name 'Paul Tusche' appears in small capitals at the base of the central vignette. |
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Allenstein — today Olsztyn in northern Poland — was the site of one of the more unusual plebiscites of the post-WWI settlement. In July 1920, under League of Nations supervision, the population voted overwhelmingly to remain with Germany rather than join the newly reconstituted Poland. This note was issued the following year, during the period of acute small-change shortage that swept municipal administrations across Germany as Reichsmark coinage vanished from circulation. Städte-Notgeld of this kind was rarely a banking instrument — it was a practical stopgap, often printed in job lots by regional firms.
Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott in Glogau handled a substantial volume of Notgeld commissions across Silesia. Paul Tusche's designer credit is notably specific for a 10-Pfennig emergency note.