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10 Pfennig Württemberg-Hohenzollern, French occupation
| Issuer | Land Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Finanzministerium |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Reichsmark (1924-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and grey letterpress note with large bold numeral '10' in each upper corner against a dark background. The central field contains a dotted-border text panel in Fraktur script setting out the full legal tender declaration of this Behelfsgeld, issued by the Finanzministerium of Land Württemberg-Hohenzollern from Tübingen in October 1947. Below the text panel, the word 'Pfennig' is rendered in large Gothic lettering across a hatched underprint, with the serial number and prefix letter printed in red at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Geldfälschung wird mit Zuchthaus bestraft (Translation: Money counterfeiting is punishable with prison) |
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Württemberg-Hohenzollern was an artificial administrative unit created by French occupation authorities in 1945 from the southern portions of the former states of Württemberg and Hohenzollern — territory that had never previously existed as a single political entity. The Finanzministerium issued this low-denomination note in 1947, a period when Allied-zone Germany was still operating without a unified currency, leaving each occupation zone to manage its own monetary patchwork.
Knapp & Cie. AG in Reutlingen was a well-established printing firm with deep roots in commercial and financial printing — a logical choice for an occupation administration that needed local production capacity without access to the major prewar Reich printers.