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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Rastenberg (City of Rastenberg), Thuringia, Germany |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Pf. Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf Rastenberg 1/9. 21. Bürgermeister Notgeld der Stadt Rastenberg INSTRUCTIA OPPIDI RASTENBERGENSIS MDCXVII |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels: the two outer panels carry the denomination '10' in large red numerals above 'Pfennig / Notgeld der Stadt Rastenberg' in Gothic blackletter script, printed on a plain ground. The central panel presents a detailed line-engraved vignette of a historic arched stone doorway dated 'Anno 1641', inscribed with the name 'Thomas Raspe · Fürst. Sächs. Amtss.' above the door; the printer's imprint 'Druck: E. Giltsch, Jena' appears below the central panel at the foot of the note. |
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Rastenberg — a small market town in Thuringia — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that swept German municipalities in the early 1920s. The Reichsbank's inability to keep low-denomination coins in circulation drove thousands of local authorities, businesses, and utilities to print their own Kleingeldersatz. Rastenberg's series was printed by Eduard Giltsch in Jena, a firm better known for scientific and academic illustration work — an unusual choice that likely reflects regional proximity rather than specialist currency printing expertise.
Notgeld of this size and denomination circulated hard and briefly. Most towns recalled and cancelled their issues within months once coin supply stabilized in 1922–23, which is why surviving examples in clean condition are the exception.