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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kranichfeld, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Kranichfeld 10 Pfennig 1650 Kranichfeld, Das Bürgermeisteramt den 22. Febr. 1921 Ich bin nur klein, doch muß ich sein |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a single central vignette executed in fine pen-and-ink line work, presenting a panoramic view of the Oberschloß (Meiningisches Schloß) as seen from below, the castle complex rising above densely rendered foliage on a hillside with a clouded sky above. The image is enclosed within a plain rectangular border rule, and a caption in Roman type is printed beneath the vignette. The remainder of the note face is left in plain unprinted paper. |
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Kranichfeld is a small town in Thuringia, and this note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — issued across Germany in 1921 as the Reichsbank struggled to keep low-denomination coinage in circulation. Thousands of German towns, utilities, and commercial enterprises printed their own emergency fractional notes during this period, and the vast majority were redeemed and destroyed within months of issue, which is why surviving examples from minor issuers like Kranichfeld carry more interest to collectors than their face value ever suggested.