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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberweißbach (Thuringia), Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Wiedemannsche Druckerei AG, Saalfeld, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | Thüringer Tropfen und Glasbläserkunst allüberall stehen in hoher Gunst. Oberweißbach, den 1. Juli 1921. Der Gemeindevorstand (Translation: Thuringian drops and glassblowing art are held in high esteem everywhere. Oberweißbach, 1 July 1921. The Municipal Board.) |
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| Reverse lettering | No. [serial number] Gutschein über 10 Pfennig Gemeinde Oberweißbach Thür. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach ortsüblichem Aufruf zur Einlösung. WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.G. SAALFELD i.TH. (Translation: Voucher for 10 Pfennig. Municipality of Oberweißbach, Thuringia. This note loses its validity one month after the customary local call for redemption.) |
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Oberweißbach is a small Thuringian village best known as the birthplace of Friedrich Fröbel, inventor of the kindergarten. This 1921 Notgeld issue was part of the wave of municipal small-change notes that flooded Germany when metal coinage essentially vanished from everyday commerce during the postwar inflation spiral — by mid-1921, even 10 Pfennig in zinc or aluminum was worth hoarding or melting relative to the paper equivalent.
Wiedemannsche Druckerei in nearby Saalfeld handled a substantial volume of Thuringian Notgeld commissions during this period, which accounts for the consistent production quality across regional issues from small municipalities that lacked any independent printing relationships.