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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Merseburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Salmon-red and black Notgeld reverse with the denomination '10 Pf.' in large Gothic lettering across the upper portion. The central vignette, signed 'Wegner', presents a finely rendered figure of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg — known as 'der Geigenherzog' — in 18th-century court dress, playing a cello beneath a Gothic arch set against a patterned architectural background. A caption below the vignette reads 'Wilhelm der Geigenherzog' with the regnal dates '1694–1731'. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 Pf. Wilhelm der Geigenherzog 1694 - 1731 |
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Merseburg's 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency money, printed after the inflationary pressures of the postwar settlement had already exhausted most towns' coin reserves. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich was one of the more prolific notgeld printers of the period, handling commissions from municipalities across Germany — their output was competent and consistent, which is partly why so many of these small-denomination notes survived in collector sets rather than genuine circulation.
The Wegner designer credit is worth noting: attributable to the Munich commercial art scene that fed heavily into notgeld production during 1920–1922.