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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Kamenz |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same brown tone, centered on an oval guilloche frame composed of interlaced foliate and rope-pattern borders. Within the oval, a diamond-shaped cartouche carries the wartime designation 'KRIEGSJAHR 1917.' in bold letterpress. The issuer's name 'Bezirksverband' appears above the oval and 'Kamenz' below it, while the numeral '10' is repeated in each of the four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | Bezirksverband KRIEGSJAHR 1917. Kamenz 10 10 10 10 |
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Kamenz is a small Saxon town — the birthplace of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, though that has nothing to do with why it issued emergency money. Like hundreds of German municipalities in 1917, the Bezirksverband Kamenz turned to paper Kleingeldersatz because the wartime metal shortage had pulled coins almost entirely out of circulation. Low-denomination pfennig notes like this one were produced in enormous quantities by local print shops, often with minimal security features.
Survival rates for these Notgeld issues vary wildly. Many were redeemed quickly and pulped; others were saved by collectors almost immediately, which is why condition tells you little about true scarcity.