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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Hirschberg (Saale), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically rich Notgeld note printed in deep blue and red on cream paper, with a decorative scalloped border of stylized foliate motifs enclosing the entire composition. A large central diamond vignette carries the numeral '10' at top and bottom flanking the written denomination 'Zehn Pfennig' in Gothic blackletter script. The issuing authority text 'Gutschein der Stadtgemeinde' arcs across the upper field, while the lower portion bears two manuscript facsimile signatures over the date '31. März 1921' and the town name 'Hirschberg (Saale)' in ornate Gothic lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadtgemeinde Zehn Pfennig 10 der Stadtgemeinde-vorstand: Hirschberg (Saale) 31. März 1921 Druck N. Carly Hamburg Leickmann 37 |
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Hirschberg an der Saale is a small Thuringian town, and this 10 Pfennig Notgeld note is exactly the kind of municipal emergency scrip that proliferated across Germany in 1921 as chronic small-coin shortages forced even minor local authorities to commission their own paper. The Druckerei Carly in Hamburg handled a significant volume of Notgeld work during this period, supplying municipalities far outside its immediate region — Hirschberg is roughly 400 kilometers south of Hamburg, a telling indicator of how centralized the commercial printing trade remained despite the economic chaos.
The Leickmann designer credit places this within a recognizable stylistic lineage of Thuringian regional Notgeld.