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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Forst (Lausitz) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on tan card stock. A large circular vignette at centre bears the numeral '1' in bold type, surrounded by the circular legend 'STADT FORST (LAUSITZ) 1918' and the denomination inscription 'PFENNIG' at the base. Below the vignette, a rectangular panel carries the issuer inscription 'STADT FORST (LAUSITZ)' in bold uppercase letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT FORST (LAUSITZ) 1918 1 PFENNIG STADT FORST (LAUSITZ) |
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Forst (Lausitz) was a textile manufacturing town in Brandenburg, and its 1918 emergency paper issues belong to the first wave of German municipal Kleingeldersatz — substitute small change — produced when wartime metal shortages stripped coins from everyday commerce. At 1 Pfennig, this is among the lowest denominations ever issued in the Notgeld series, a value so trivial that even in 1918 it barely bought anything. The practical logic was aggregation: workers needed exact change for canteen purchases and factory wage rounding.
The Tieste Va classification indicates a confirmed variant within the Forst sequence, though the precise print run is unrecorded.