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10 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtrat der Stadt Helmbrechts (City Council of Helmbrechts, Bavaria) |
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| Size | 42 × 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain white paper note with a blue dotted guilloche border framing the entire face. The denomination is stated in large Gothic blackletter script as 'Zehn' and 'Pfg.' flanking the bold numeral '10' at centre, above the issuing authority inscription 'Stadtrat der Stadt Helmbrechts'. The heading 'Gutschein über' appears at the top in the same blackletter typeface. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Zehn 10 Pfg. Stadtrat der Stadt Helmbrechts |
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Helmbrechts is a small textile town in Upper Franconia, and like hundreds of German municipalities it issued its own fractional emergency currency — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany from 1916 onward. The official stamp served as the primary authentication device, a practical workaround when formal printing security was neither available nor economical at this scale.
These hyper-local issues were typically printed in very small runs and redeemed quickly once coin circulation normalized, which is precisely why so many survived unused in drawer collections rather than wearing out in trade.