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10 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Neustadt an der Saale |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note with an octagonal outer border enclosing a rectangular central vignette bearing the large numeral '10' above the denomination inscription 'Pfennig' in decorative script, flanked by stylised floral and dot ornaments. The upper arch of the outer border carries the issuer name 'Bezirkssparkasse' in calligraphic lettering, while the lower arch reads 'Neustadt a/Saale'. The printer's imprint 'FRANZ SCHEINER WÜRZBURG' appears in small capitals at the foot of the note beneath the main border. |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress reverse printed on plain paper, centred on an oval cartouche surrounded by an ornate scrollwork border with corner roundels. Within the cartouche, a four-line German motto is rendered in flowing script against a fine horizontal-line underprint background. |
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Bezirkssparkasse Neustadt an der Saale was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that resorted to issuing Notgeld during the acute coin shortages of the First World War and its aftermath. This 10 Pfennig note, printed locally by Franz Scheiner in Würzburg, is a straightforward piece of small-denomination emergency currency — functional, regional, and produced to fill a gap that the Reichsbank had no interest in plugging at that level.
Scheiner was a Würzburg commercial printer, not a specialist security firm, which is exactly the point: by 1917–1918, material shortages and administrative pressure had pushed Notgeld production into the hands of whoever had a press and paper.