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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ebersdorf (Reuss), Thuringia, Germany |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black Notgeld note with a central text panel on a lightly hatched ground, framed by a double-ruled border. The denomination 'Zehn Pfg.' is set in ornate blackletter script at the top of the central panel, with solid dark blocks bearing the numeral '10' and the abbreviation 'Pfg.' at left and right. Four decorative rosette vignettes occupy the corner cartouches. Two facsimile signatures appear beneath the issuing authority text, attributed to the Bürgermeister and the Gemeinderats-Vorsitzender, with a validity clause at the foot and aphoristic inscriptions in the upper and lower border bands. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large central landscape vignette rendered in fine line engraving, presenting a panoramic view across wooded hills and a winding valley as seen from the Heinrichstein, framed by Art Nouveau foliate ornaments at the four corners. Numeral '10' panels in grey underprint flank the vignette at left and right. Below the landscape, a text cartouche contains an eight-line verse in German script signed 'J. Sturm', with the header inscription identifying Ebersdorf as a Luftkurort. |
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Ebersdorf — a small Reussian town absorbed into Schleicher Gemeinde in 1922 — issued this Notgeld during the postwar inflationary spiral that forced hundreds of German municipalities to print their own fractional currency. The central government's inability to supply adequate small change left local authorities with little choice. Löffler & Co. in nearby Greiz handled a considerable volume of Thuringian Notgeld printing during this period, which kept regional design sensibilities fairly consistent across issues.
Orlishausen's involvement suggests this was treated as more than a stopgap — local Notgeld had become collectible almost immediately, and municipalities often commissioned competent designers to boost appeal and, frankly, to profit from notes never returned for redemption.