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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Mainz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Small-format emergency currency (Notgeld) note of 10 Pfennig issued by the City of Mainz in 1921, with the denomination numeral and issuing authority inscription arranged within a simple typographic layout typical of municipal Kleingeldscheine of the period. The face carries the value statement in German text against a plain paper ground, consistent with the utilitarian printing methods employed for low-denomination local issues of the Weimar-era inflation period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this Mainz municipal Notgeld note presents a plain or lightly printed field, consistent with the economical production standards of small-denomination German emergency currency of the early 1920s, with any relevant issuer or validity inscriptions rendered in standard letterpress typography. |
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Mainz issued a wave of small-denomination Notgeld in 1921 as the post-war coin shortage dragged well past the armistice. The city's notes from this period were municipal obligations in the most literal sense — the treasury was legally on the hook for redemption, though in practice many of these low-value pieces were simply spent until they fell apart.
Ten-Pfennig Notgeld of this type circulated heavily among market traders and transit riders and rarely survived intact. Crisp survivors exist but required deliberate saving from the outset.