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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Fürstenberg in Mecklenburg (Rat der Stadt Fürstenberg i. M.) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a warm rose ground within a ruled border with notched corner ornaments at top and bottom centre. A large oval vignette in the centre carries a two-colour letterpress rendering of a manor house set among mature oak trees, executed in yellow and dark brown. The title 'Reutergeld' is inscribed in a flowing cursive script above the oval, and the issuing city name appears in matching script below. Denomination numerals '10' with 'Pf.' occupy the upper left and right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | Reutergeld 10 Pf. Stadt Fürstenberg i. M. |
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Fürstenberg an der Havel sits in what was then the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and like hundreds of small German municipalities it resorted to locally issued Notgeld during the coin shortages of the First World War. The Rat der Stadt — the town council — was the formal issuing authority, a common arrangement that gave these emergency pieces a veneer of civic legitimacy without any backing from the Reichsbank.
Small-denomination Mecklenburg Notgeld of this type was printed in large quantities but rarely survived daily handling intact; the paper was cheap and the notes changed hands constantly for minor transactions until proper coinage returned.