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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Jarotschin |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld issue on plain paper with a repeating geometric and floral guilloche border framing the entire face. The central text block opens with the redemption clause 'Gut für' above the large bold denomination '1 Pfennig', followed by validity text limiting circulation to the duration of the war, dated 9. Januar 1917, and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat'; the municipal circular town seal of Jarotschin bearing the civic arms is impressed in the upper right. Two manuscript signatures appear beneath the printed text on behalf of the issuing magistracy. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting plain unadorned paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements whatsoever. |
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Jarotschin — now Jarocin in west-central Poland — was under Prussian administration in 1917, and its municipal authority issued this Pfennig note as part of the vast German Kleingeldersatz system that flooded local circulation when small coinage vanished into wartime metal requisitions. Thousands of German and occupied municipalities did the same, which is why the Notgeld collector field is so enormous and why genuinely scarce town issues get lost among the common ones.
The DeNG reference places this within a documented series for Jarotschin, suggesting at least minor variant distinctions within the type — worth checking against the J3.1b listing if paper shade or serial range differs.