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10 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Zörbig (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT ZÖRBIG KURATORIUM DER SPARKASSE DER STADT ZOERBIG EINLÖSBAR BEI DER STADT-SPARKASSE ZOERBIG BIS 20. SEPT. 1921 10 DER MAGISTRAT H. SCHIEBEL-BITTERFELD |
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| Reverse lettering | Warum in die Ferne schweifen? Sieh das Gute liegt so nah – Ein paar hunderttausend Schritte Und der Petersberg ist da! Kirche auf dem hohen Gipfel – Im romanischen Stil erbaut – Ruft zur Andacht in der Frühe Mit verhaltenem Glockenlaut. Kunstanstalt H. F. Jütte, Leipzig. |
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Zörbig is a small town in the Bitterfeld district of Saxony-Anhalt, and this 1921 Notgeld issue reflects the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that plagued German municipal economies in the inflationary spiral following World War I. Local magistrates across the region were essentially forced into becoming amateur currency issuers — the Reichsbank provided no practical alternative for everyday transactions below the Mark level.
Kunstanstalt H. F. Jütte was a Leipzig commercial art printer responsible for a substantial volume of Saxony-area Notgeld, which partly explains why the design commission went to a Bitterfeld local rather than the printer's own house artists. Schiebel's involvement is unusually specific documentation for a piece at this denomination.