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10 Pfennig Hannöverische Stiftungen
| Issuer | Kasse der Hannöverischen Stiftungen, Fränkisch-Crumbach |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Black on grey Notgeld note printed in a woodcut-style idiom. The central vignette comprises a bust portrait of a hooded elderly male figure set within a circular frame, flanked on the left by a vignette of the Ruine Rodenstein ruins amid trees and on the right by a view of the Kirche Fränkisch-Crumbach with its distinctive steeple. Two heraldic shields appear in the lower centre field, identified by caption as the arms of Rodenstein and Crumbach respectively. The denomination numeral '10' appears in bold letterpress panels at lower left and right, each surmounted by decorative guilloche rosettes, with the word 'Pfennig' below each. Two manuscript signatures of foundation board members appear above the date line at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Pfennig 1. Es rot sich was im Odenwald und durch die Wipfel hallt's und schallt; der Rodenstein zieht um! 2. Vom Rhein her streicht ein scharfer Luft der treibt den Alten aus der Gruft. 10 Pfennig |
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The Hannöverische Stiftungen was a charitable foundation operating in Fränkisch-Crumbach, a small village in the Odenwald. That a rural welfare institution was issuing its own emergency currency in 1921 reflects just how thoroughly the postwar inflation had collapsed confidence in Reichsbank notes for small transactions — municipal bodies, private firms, and charitable organizations alike filled the gap with Notgeld.
Carlos Tips was a Frankfurt-based commercial artist responsible for a number of Notgeld designs during this period. The Fränkisch-Crumbach connection to a Frankfurt designer is unremarkable given how routinely small issuers commissioned outside artists rather than print locally.