10 Pfennig

Bentheim issued this small-denomination Notgeld in 1921, well into the transitional phase between the emergency municipal currency scrambles of 1918–19 and the hyperinflationary collapse that would render all such issues worthless by 1923. By 1921, Notgeld had shifted from genuine necessity to something closer to a collector-driven cottage industry — many German towns printed attractive small notes knowing philatelists would absorb them before they ever reached a cash register.

Whether Bentheim's issue was purely functional or partly speculative is difficult to say. The DeNG reference places it within a four-variant series, suggesting deliberate sequencing rather than ad hoc printing.