10 Pfennig Federal Treasury Note

West Germany's small-denomination Bundeskassenscheine occupied an odd niche — technically state treasury notes rather than Bundesbank obligations, issued under the authority of the Finance Ministry specifically to cover the lowest register of daily transactions that coins alone couldn't reliably handle. The 10 Pfennig note was the smallest denomination in this series, and its continued existence into the late 1960s reflects how persistent small-change shortages remained in postwar West German retail commerce.

The P#26b designation distinguishes a signature variety within the series. Bundesdruckerei printed the entire run in Berlin, its traditional home since the Imperial period.