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10 Pfennig Tietze and Seidensticker
| Issuer | Tietze & Seidensticker, Penzig (O.-L.) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-orange paper Notgeld printed in dark brown ink throughout. The face is framed by a decorative geometric border of interlocking guilloche-style scrollwork with diamond and lozenge ornaments at the corners and lateral midpoints. The upper register carries the denomination inscription '10 PFENNIG 10' in bold blackletter type. The central field is divided into two compartments: at left, a large numeral '10' set against a horizontally hatched background with a serial number prefix 'No.' below; at right, the issuing text reads 'Notgeld-Schein der Firma Tietze & Seidensticker Penzig O.-L.' in Gothic script, flanked by asterisk ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Notgeldscheine haben Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Auf- forderung zur Einlösung, die nur durch Bekanntmachung im Aushängekasten am Kontorgebäude stattfindet. Die Notgeldscheine sind bis 1 Mark zu sammeln und im Kontor zur Einlösung vorzulegen. Pf. 10 Pf. |
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Tietze & Seidensticker was a textile manufacturer in Penzig, a small weaving town in Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz), and like hundreds of similar firms across Germany they issued their own Notgeld during the severe small-change shortage of 1917–1921. These company-issued notes functioned as wage tokens or canteen currency, redeemable only at company facilities — which meant workers were, in practice, obligated to spend locally.
Penzig's industrial notes are sparsely documented; surviving examples from smaller textile firms in the region tend to turn up singly rather than in sets.