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10 Pfennig J. Rosenfelder
| Issuer | J. Rosenfelder, Bamberg (notgeld) (Federal state of Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with an olive-green foliate arabesque underprint filling the entire field. The denomination "10 Pf. Gutschein" is inscribed in bold Fraktur script at the top, followed by a block of text in German Gothic letterpress stating the note's conditions of use — valid only for wage payments by the issuer and redeemable at a rate of 10 vouchers for 1 Mark in cash. A red serial number appears at lower left, with the issuer's signature "J. Rosenfelder, Bamberg." in cursive script at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse printed in black, salmon-pink, and rose, with a central rectangular vignette of a stone bridge and tower in Bamberg rendered in fine line engraving. Flanking the central vignette are two large numeral "10" denominational panels set within decorative rose-motif frames, each captioned "Pfennig" below. A bold header cartouche at the top reads "GUTSCHEIN", and the issuer's name "J. ROSENFELDER, BAMBERG." is inscribed in a black panel at the base. |
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Rosenfelder was a Bamberg textile merchant who issued this note during the 1920 small-change shortage that drove thousands of German retailers, municipalities, and private firms to print their own emergency currency. Unlike municipal notgeld issues, which were often printed in quantity for collector sale, merchant-issued pieces like this one circulated within a narrow commercial radius — typically redeemable only at the issuing shop, which made redemption contingent on the business remaining solvent.
The DeNG 2 listing places this as type 62.1, suggesting at least one variant exists within the Rosenfelder series.