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10 Pfennig Baden, French occupation
| Issuer | Land Baden |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue note with an all-over letterpress underprint of repeated '10 PFENNIG' text forming a guilloche-like pattern. The title 'Land Baden 1947' appears at the top in Gothic script, flanked by corner denomination numerals '10'. Two Baden heraldic shield vignettes are positioned at upper left and upper right, with a large central '10' numeral above the word 'PFENNIG' in bold block lettering. A red serial number prefix letter and black serial number are printed across the centre, with the legal tender clause in italic script along the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Blue note with a fine horizontal-line underprint throughout. 'Land Baden 1947' is inscribed at the top centre in Gothic script, with denomination numeral '10' at each upper corner. The central vignette shows the Baden heraldic shield in an uncoloured relief, flanked on either side by bold '10 PFENNIG' denomination blocks. A two-line legal warning text in italic script occupies the lower portion, with denomination numerals '10' at each lower corner. |
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Baden was one of three French occupation zones carved from southwest Germany after the surrender — distinct from the American and British zones in administration and, briefly, in its local paper money. The French military authority permitted the reconstituted Land Baden to issue its own small-denomination notgeld-style scrip in 1947 to address a severe coin shortage, a problem endemic across all occupation zones during the currency vacuum that preceded the June 1948 Währungsreform.
When the Deutsche Mark was introduced, these notes were swept out of circulation rapidly. Most survivors show heavy use — the low denomination meant they passed through many hands in the eighteen months they were viable.