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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kranichfeld (City of Kranichfeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream paper and carries a single large rectangular vignette executed in a fine pen-and-ink illustrative style, showing a panoramic view of the Niederburg castle of Kranichfeld set upon a wooded hillside with surrounding landscape and buildings visible to the right. Below the vignette, a caption in bold roman type identifies the subject as 'Niederburg (Weimarisches Schloß)'. The overall composition is unadorned, relying entirely on the topographic illustration as its central design element. |
| Reverse lettering | Niederburg (Weimarisches Schloß) |
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Kranichfeld is a small town in Thuringia, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money — Kleingeldscheine — during the acute coin shortage that followed World War One. The 10 Pfennig denomination was among the most practical: low enough for everyday transactions, small enough to substitute for the bronze and copper coins that had been hoarded or melted down since 1914.
Stephany's signature as the authorizing official appears on a note printed locally, which typically meant simpler production values than the elaborate Notgeld issued by larger cities through professional lithographers.