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10 Pfennig - Gr.-Graben
| Issuer | Hugo Heimann, Gr.-Graben |
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| Obverse description | Plain salmon-pink paper note with all text in letterpress in a mix of roman and bold Gothic typefaces. The issuer name Hugo Heimann and locality Gr.-Graben appear in large type at centre, separated by a horizontal rule, with the denomination 10 Pfg. at the foot. The upper portion carries an advertising legend transferable to any bearer. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse in plain cream paper with two broad vertical bands of salmon-pink colouring applied to the left and right margins, leaving a pale central strip. Two small punch holes are visible near the lower centre. |
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A piece of German Notgeld, issued by a private individual — Hugo Heimann — rather than a municipality or savings bank. Private-issuer Notgeld of this scale appeared across Germany and Austria during the acute small-change shortages of 1917–1921, when hoarding of metal coinage left everyday transactions nearly impossible. Heimann's notes would have circulated purely as local scrip, accepted only within whatever commercial radius his name carried.
Gr.-Graben is an abbreviation for Groß-Graben. The issuer's identity beyond the name is unrecorded in standard Notgeld catalogs.