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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kämmerei-Kasse Schwersenz |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Gut für 1 Pfennig Schwersenz, den 1. Januar 1917. Die Kämmerei-Kasse KÄMMEREI-KASSE SCHWERSENZ 16 38 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and displays only the blind show-through impression of the obverse design visible through the thin paper stock, with no additional text, vignette, or decorative elements applied to this side. |
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Schwersenz — today Swarzędz, a small town east of Poznań — was part of the German Empire's Posen Province in 1917, a region with a majority Polish population under Prussian administration. The Kämmerei-Kasse (municipal treasury office) issued this notgeld, as countless German municipalities did that year, to address the near-total disappearance of low-denomination coins hoarded by a public that had lost confidence in the currency's stability.
At 1 Pfennig, this is among the lowest-denomination notgeld pieces recorded. Most municipalities didn't bother below 5 Pfennig — the practical and printing costs rarely justified it.