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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lobenstein (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Pink and green Notgeld issued on a pink ground with a radiating sunburst underprint emanating from the central denomination cartouche. The issuer's name 'Stadt Lobenstein' is rendered in bold green Gothic lettering at the top centre, with 'Thüringen' beneath it; flanking octagonal text panels carry regional verse inscriptions in black letterpress. The denomination '10 PFG.' appears in yellow-green numerals within a black octagonal vignette at centre, with the serial number and date 'Lobenstein, d. 15. März 1921' alongside two manuscript signatures below, and the anti-counterfeiting notice 'Nachahmung strafbar' and validity clause along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER 10 Pfg. 10 Pfg. Halt aus mein Volk im Zeitensturm, Wenn Dich Verderben auch umlauert; Steh fest wie unser alter Turm, Der manch Jahrhundert überdauert STADT LOBENSTEIN |
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Lobenstein was a small residence town in the Reuss principalities, and by 1921 its municipal administration was scrambling to plug the coinage gap that had plagued German commerce since the war. The Parcus brothers in Munich were among the most prolific Notgeld printers of the period, supplying dozens of Thuringian municipalities who lacked the means or connections to arrange their own print runs — which makes attributing any specific design decision to the issuing town rather than the printer's house style genuinely difficult.
Reuss-Lobenstein had only merged into Thuringia two years earlier, in 1919, and the municipal finances were still adjusting to that administrative reorganization when this note was produced.