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10 Pfennig Industry Series
| Issuer | Stadt Pößneck (City of Pößneck, Thuringia) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into two vertical panels. The left panel, printed in blue, carries the municipal coat of arms of Pößneck — a heraldic lion flanked by laurel branches, surmounted by a mural crown — with the printer imprint 'Kuhlborn Pößneck' at the base. The right panel, on an olive-green guilloche underprint, bears a large central vignette of a diamond-shaped ornamental cartouche enclosing the denomination '10 PF' over a starburst motif in orange and brown tones, with the numeral '10' repeated in each corner. An italic text line reads 'Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Bekanntmachung,' with the authority inscription 'Magistrat und Gemeinderat:' followed by two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Pößneck Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Bekanntmachung. Magistrat und Gemeinderat: 10 10 PF |
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Pößneck's Notgeld issues from the early 1920s were printed locally by Kuhlborn — unusual for smaller Thuringian towns, which more often contracted out to Leipzig or Jena printers. The Industry Series label suggests this was part of a thematic set, almost certainly produced with collectors in mind as much as for emergency small-change use, a commercial reality that defined much of the later Notgeld wave after 1921.
By that point, genuine purchasing necessity had largely passed; municipalities issued these to generate revenue through direct sales to collectors, a practice that blurred the line between currency and souvenir from the start.