10 Pfennig, Stadt Münchenbernsdorf, 1921

Münchenbernsdorf is a town in eastern Thuringia, south-west of Gera, known as a Thuringian "carpet town" — mechanical carpet-weaving was introduced here in 1882 and the industry still works. It issued decorative Serienscheine in 1921, dated 1 September, printed by the Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder of Gera.

The front of this 10-Pfennig note shows "Der Mönch von Münchenbernsdorf" — the monk of Münchenbernsdorf — a robed figure standing in a Gothic niche, over "zehn Pfennig" and "Notgeld der Stadt Münchenbernsdorf". The monk is a visual pun on the town's name (Mönch = monk) and its old arms, which showed a black monk; the name in fact comes not from any monk but from the medieval von Münch family and their moated castle. Signed by the town council (Stadtgemeinde- vorstand) over the mayor's signature, dated 1 September 1921.

The reverse depicts "Die Gerichts-Sitzung" — a court session — under the banner Münchenbernsdorf und die Sage vom Advokatensteig ("Münchenbernsdorf and the legend of the Advocate's path"), with the couplet So mancher weise Richterspruch / Ward inscripiert ins Aktenbuch ("many a wise verdict was written into the record-book"). The legend behind it survives only in local Thuringian Heimat literature and is not otherwise documented; the note records it without telling the story.