Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel |
|---|---|
| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of a bold red disc bearing the numeral '10' in black, superimposed over a stylized silhouette of the Brandenburg an der Havel city skyline rendered in dark ink. Radiating lines extend outward from the disc in an expressionist sunburst motif. Below the central design, the city's historical designation is inscribed in Gothic (Fraktur) blackletter script. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Chur- und Hauptstadt Brandenburg |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Brandenburg an der Havel was among hundreds of German municipalities that printed their own emergency small-denomination paper during the postwar coin shortage — the federal government simply could not produce enough subsidiary coinage to meet demand. This 10 Pfennig piece is Notgeld in its most stripped-down form: a local administrative stopgap, printed and redeemable within the town, with no meaningful circulation beyond city limits.
At 45 × 29 mm, it is barely larger than a postage stamp — a format driven entirely by paper economy, not design ambition.