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10 Pfennig Zwönitz, Vereinigung der Geschäftsinhaber
| Issuer | Vereinigung der Geschäftsinhaber in Zwönitz und Umgebung |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed Notgeld voucher on light grey-green paper, enclosed within a single rectangular border frame. The issuer's name and locality appear at the top in two lines, followed by the denomination statement in bold typography; three manuscript signatures of board members appear below the denomination, with the cashier's office designation at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse in plain light grey-green paper stock, showing no text, vignette, or ornamental elements; the paper surface exhibits natural texture consistent with the wartime emergency issue stock used for this series of Notgeld. |
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Zwönitz is a small Saxon textile town, and the "Vereinigung der Geschäftsinhaber" — an association of local shopkeepers — was precisely the kind of body that stepped in across Germany during 1918 when the imperial government could no longer supply adequate small-denomination coinage. The chronic coin shortage, driven by wartime metal requisitioning, pushed thousands of municipalities, merchants, and civic groups to print their own Notgeld. This note is one of them.
At roughly 50 × 48 mm, it is nearly square — an unusual proportion that likely reflects whatever paper stock the local printer had to hand rather than any deliberate design choice.