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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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| Value | 10 Reichspfennig (0.10 RM) |
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| Obverse lettering | Behelfsgeld des Landes Württemberg-Hohenzollern franz. Besatzungsgebiet Dieser Schein wird bis zum Aufruf durch das Finanzministerium bei allen Kassen des Landes Württemberg-Hohenzollern zum Nennwert in Zahlung genommen Tübingen, Oktober 1947 Land Württemberg-Hohenzollern Finanzministerium Pfennig (Translation: Substitute money of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern French Occupation area This note is valid until cancelled by the Ministry of Finance and will be taken in payment at all cash registers in the country Württemberg-Hohenzollern at face value Tübingen, October 1947 State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern Ministry of Finance) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue on white paper, the reverse centres on a finely detailed line-art vignette of Hohenzollern Castle perched dramatically atop a rocky outcrop, its towers and spires rising against a cloud-filled sky. The denomination '10 Pfennig' appears in Gothic lettering within solid blue corner cartouches at all four corners, framing the central vignette. A dotted border runs along the upper edge, and the printer's imprint appears in small type at the foot. |
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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.