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10 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | FÜR MICH ZAHLT DIE BEZIRKSSPARKASSE MELLRICHSTADT 10 Pfennig |
| Reverse description | Oval-shaped reverse printed in red on cream paper, matching the format of the obverse. The central vignette carries the municipal coat of arms of Mellrichstadt — a shield with a crowned castle and towers — set within a finely tooled guilloche frame with serrated outer edges and star ornaments at the lateral points. The denomination numeral "10" appears within a cartouche at the lower centre, with the thrift proverb legend distributed around the full perimeter. |
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Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt was a district savings bank in Lower Franconia, Bavaria — a tier of institution that proliferated across Germany during the hyperinflationary chaos of 1921–1923, issuing small-denomination emergency notes (Notgeld) to compensate for the chronic shortage of official coinage. The 10 Pfennig denomination places this firmly in the first wave of that crisis, when even the smallest transactions required local improvisation.
District-level Sparkassen had no mandate to issue currency under normal circumstances. The legal ambiguity of Notgeld allowed them to do so anyway.