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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Krakow am See (City of Krakow am See) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gültig im Geldverkehr innerhalb des Stadtgebietes bis zum 31. Mai 1922. Rat der Stadt Krakow i. M. Oh gräune Wald, oh Vagelsang! Un wie dat Hart ok noch so krank, Fähls 't sich von aller Welt verlaten, Din helle Klang, Din frische Athen, De trösten, heilen, richten wedder, Wat lagg in Angst un Bangen nedder. 10 PFENNIG |
| Reverse description | Brown letterpress reverse with an overall wave-pattern guilloche border filling the entire field. A trapezoidal central vignette presents a panoramic landscape view of low hills and open terrain rendered in fine crosshatch engraving. The large numeral '10' in outline type appears above the vignette, while bold block lettering below reads 'PFENNIG', 'REUTERGELD', and 'KRAKOW' in three stacked lines. |
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Krakow am See is a small town in Mecklenburg, entirely unrelated to the Polish city of Kraków — a confusion that has inflated collector interest in this note well beyond what the issue itself warrants. The name derives from a Slavic root meaning "crow," common in the region's pre-German settlement layer. This 10 Pfennig note is a piece of German Notgeld, the emergency small-change paper that flooded circulation after metal coinage disappeared during and after the First World War.
Municipal issues like this one were printed in enormous variety and frequently collected as sets, meaning many examples survived uncirculated — not because of rarity, but because collectors bought them directly from town halls.