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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bismark |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31.12.1920 |
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| Obverse description | The left panel carries a line-art vignette of the 'Goldene Laus', a medieval round tower with ruined masonry, captioned '— GOLDENE LAUS —' along the lower border. The right panel, framed by a star-bordered cartouche, bears the denomination numeral '10' at upper right within a circular roundel, the value legend 'Zehn Pfennig' in Gothic blackletter script, the serial number, and the issuance text 'Bismark, den 14. Sept. 1920 / Der Magistrat:' followed by two facsimile manuscript signatures. The overall design is printed in brown and ochre on cream paper. |
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| Reverse lettering | Arbeit bringt Brot — Müßiggang Not 10 Pf. 10 Pf. Gültig bis 31. Dezbr. 1920 — Verlängerung vorbehalten |
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Bismark — the small Altmark town in Saxony-Anhalt, not to be confused with the Prussian statesman — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early Weimar period. Municipalities across the country were effectively forced into emergency currency production when metal coinage disappeared from circulation, hoarded by a public that understood what inflation was doing to purchasing power.
The Va# reference places this within the Grabowski-Mehl Verkehrsausgaben catalog, the standard reference for German Notgeld of this type. Dr. Schumacher as a signatory almost certainly indicates the Bürgermeister's office — clerical co-signatories like Thiele were common practice for validating municipal paper.