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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Ludwigslust |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-bordered note with a denticulated inner frame enclosing a central vignette of helmeted cavalry soldiers on horseback in full charge, rendered against a vivid orange-red semicircular background in a bold Art Nouveau lithographic style. The denomination legend 'ZEHN PFENNIG' appears in large block letters across the top. Below the vignette, a German-language motto and validity inscription are printed in italic script, followed by the issuing authority 'Rat der Stadt Ludwigslust i. M.' and a manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN PFENNIG Ick will! Un wenn ick will, denn will ick! Gültig im Geldverkehr innerhalb des Stadtgebietes bis zum 31. Mai 1922. Rat der Stadt Ludwigslust i. M. |
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Ludwigslust notgeld of this period was issued by the town council — "Rat der Stadt" — rather than a savings bank or chamber of commerce, which was the more common issuing body for small-denomination emergency money in 1922. By that point, Germany's hyperinflation spiral was accelerating fast enough that municipal administrations were printing their own fractional currency simply to make change, since coins had effectively vanished from circulation due to hoarding and metal values overtaking face values.
Ludwigslust itself was a former ducal residence town in Mecklenburg, and local notgeld from smaller administrative centers like this tends to survive in higher quantities than it circulated — collectors were already absorbing issues directly from issuers during the notgeld boom years.