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10 Pfennig Verkehrs-Verein
| Issuer | Verkehrs-Verein Calbe a. M. |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Small-format notgeld note printed in brown on buff paper with a decorative outer border of alternating oval and dash motifs enclosing a plain ruled frame. The issuer's name 'Verkehrs-Verein Calbe a. M.' is set in bold letterpress across the top, with the denomination numeral '10' repeated in the four corner cartouches; a faint floral underprint in pale blue-grey occupies the central field behind the large denomination inscription 'Gutschein über 10 Pfennig'. The control number field ('Kontroll-Nummer') is printed at the foot of the note with a hand-stamped serial number below a row of ruled lines. |
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| Reverse lettering | Einlösungsstelle: Commerz- u. Privat-Bank Aktiengesellschaft Agentur: Calbe a. d. Milde |
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Calbe an der Milde is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, and like hundreds of German municipalities during the World War I currency shortage, its local Verkehrs-Verein — a traders' or commerce association — stepped in to fill the gap left by the disappearance of small metal coins from circulation. These Verkehrsvereins had no banking authority; they issued notgeld on the strength of local trust alone. The Reichsbank's wartime hoarding of copper and nickel coinage drove even minor market towns to print their own fractional paper.