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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Rothenburg ob der Tauber (City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issued by the City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, printed in rust-brown and dark blue on cream paper, with a blue border frame. A panoramic vignette of the medieval town skyline — towers, spires, and rooftops rendered in letterpress — spans the centre, with the city coat of arms (a stylised tower motif) to the left and the large numeral '10' to the upper right. The date '1. Februar 1921' and the issuing authority 'Stadtrat' appear in gothic script at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Rothenburg o. Tauber 10 Gültig im Stadtbezirk. Pfennig Einlösbar bis ein Monat nach Aufruf. Rothenburg o. Tauber, 1. Februar 1921. Stadtrat. |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued Kleingeldscheine in 1921 as part of the broader German municipal emergency money phenomenon driven by chronic small-coin shortages in the inflationary postwar economy. The city was already trading heavily on its medieval identity for tourism by this point, and its Notgeld issues reflect that self-conscious civic branding — Rothenburg produced some of the more deliberately picturesque emergency notes of any Bavarian municipality, clearly aware that collectors, not just merchants, were the audience.
The DeNG reference distinguishes two subvariants (1142.1-2/3), most likely differing in serial placement or printer's detail rather than design.