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10 Pfennig Oberamt Biberach
| Issuer | Oberamtsbezirk Biberach |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 10 -PFENNIG- 10 Kriegsgeld für den Oberamtsbezirk Biberach Biberach Vors. d. Bezirksrats: den 1. Januar 1918. Regierungsrat |
| Reverse description | The central vignette, set within an oval guilloche border studded with repeated '10' numerals, presents an engraved townscape of Biberach an der Riß with two prominent church towers rising above a tree-lined skyline and foreground buildings. Circular denomination panels inscribed '10' flank the oval at left and right, all surrounded by an elaborate scrollwork frame in dark ink over a teal-green underprint with wavy-line border. |
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Württemberg's district offices — Oberämter — became emergency currency issuers in 1918 as the imperial wartime economy choked off the supply of small-denomination coins. Biberach, an agricultural market town in Upper Swabia, was among dozens of such districts that turned to local or regional printers to cover the gap. Stähle & Friedel in Stuttgart handled several of these Württemberg municipal and district issues in the same period, making them a recognizable name in southwestern German Kleingeldersatz material.
The series was short-lived by design, intended for redemption once coin circulation normalized — which, given the inflation that followed the Armistice, took considerably longer than anyone anticipated.