Catalog
10 Pfennig red issue
| Issuer | Der Magistrat der Stadt Waldenburg i. Schles. |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Light green note with a pale underprint of repeated letter and numeral patterns across the entire field. A central circular vignette contains the large numeral '10' in dark red, flanked by ornate scrollwork in letterpress. The issuer's legend runs along the top within a dotted border frame, with a handwritten signature below the central motif and a red serial number and series designation printed vertically on either side. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Einlösung dieses Scheines muß sechs Monate nach Friedensschluß bei der Stadhauptkasse Zehn Pfennige Waldenburg in Schlesien erfolgt sein, andernfalls der Schein verfällt. Der Magistrat der Stadt Waldenburg. FERDINAND JOVEL'S ERBEN, WALDENBURG I SCHL. |
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Waldenburg — now Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland — was a coal-mining center whose municipal government issued emergency small-change notes when metallic coinage effectively vanished from circulation during the First World War. The "red issue" designation distinguishes this note from otherwise similar Waldenburg Pfennig notgeld printed in other ink colors, a practical differentiation that collectors have carried forward from the original series documentation.
Ferdinand Jovel's Erben was a local printing firm — "Erben" meaning the founder's heirs had inherited the business — and the entirely local production chain, issuer and printer both rooted in the same Silesian coal town, is typical of the smallest notgeld operations.