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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Apolda (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Paul Fischer, Mühlhausen i. Th., Germany |
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| Obverse description | Green and red crosshatch guilloche underprint on plain paper, with the large denomination numeral '10' at centre flanked by two black diamond ornaments. The heading 'NOTGELD DER STADT APOLDA' runs across the top in bold Gothic lettering, below which 'PFENNIG' is printed in large capitals. The lower portion carries a three-line redemption clause, the issue date 'APOLDA, DEN 1. AUGUST 1921', and two manuscript signatures with their respective official titles. |
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| Reverse description | Salmon-pink and cream crosshatch guilloche underprint with the denomination numeral '10' repeated in the upper left and right corners, each accompanied by 'PF' below. At centre top, the heraldic shield of Apolda — a tree stump with an oak branch — is printed in colour. A bold black banner across the middle bears the city name 'A·P·O·L·D·A' in spaced white letters. At lower centre, a framed vignette contains a short musical score headed 'da capo ad libitum' with the caption 'Klapperschlange' beneath, a humorous local musical motif. The printer's imprint 'PAUL FISCHER MÜHLHAUSEN I. TH.' appears at the very foot of the note. |
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Apolda issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early Weimar years — a period when hundreds of municipalities printed their own Kleingeldersatz simply because metal coins had vanished from circulation entirely. The city was best known for its bell foundries and textile mills, neither of which had any bearing on the monetary chaos that made a 10 Pfennig paper note from a mid-sized Thuringian town a practical necessity rather than an administrative curiosity.
The Fischer firm in Mühlhausen handled a considerable volume of Notgeld commissions across the region. Heyne's signature as deputy mayor rather than mayor suggests the Bürgermeister was either absent or the role was vacant at time of issue.