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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirks-Verband Flöha (Amtshauptmannschaft Flöha) |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Orange and dark green Notgeld note with a central cartouche bearing the large bold gothic lettering 'ZEHN PFENNIG' in black, above which the text 'Gutschein über' appears in a smaller script. The issuing authority 'Der Bezirks-Verband FLÖHA' is inscribed below the denomination, with the legend 'Der Amtshauptmann' and a manuscript signature beneath. Four corner vignettes in orange carry symbolic motifs within circular frames, with numeral '10' repeated in the upper and lower margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920 im Bezirke der Amtshauptmannschaft FLÖHA. L No 73824 |
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Amtshauptmannschaft Flöha was a rural administrative district in Saxony, and like hundreds of similar bodies across Germany in 1917–1921, it was forced into the currency business by a shortage of small-denomination Reichsbank coin. The notgeld issued under the Bezirks-Verband name was a local stopgap — purely functional, covering transactions that metal coinage could no longer handle once wartime hoarding stripped it from circulation.
Flöha district issues are not heavily documented in the major notgeld catalogs, and attribution of specific printings to particular municipal printers in the region remains inconsistent across reference sources.