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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Würzburg |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Circular notgeld of dark ink on plain paper stock, with the large numeral '1' at centre flanked by two globe vignettes rendered in crosshatch guilloche. The curved legend 'STADTRAT' arcs across the upper border and 'WÜRZBURG' across the lower, separated by small ornamental dots. The denomination 'Pfennig' appears in a banner beneath the central numeral, the whole enclosed within a beaded circular frame. |
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| Reverse description | Circular reverse printed in dark ink, centred on two crossed implements — resembling a rake and a shovel or similar civic tools — set against a dense guilloche mesh underprint with the numeral '1' visible in the lower portion. The design is contained within a scalloped ornamental border with a beaded outer ring, consistent with the typographic letterpress style used throughout this Würzburg notgeld issue. |
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Würzburg's 1920 Pfennig Kleingeldersatz notes were emergency small-change substitutes issued by the municipal council during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation. Metal coinage had effectively vanished from circulation by 1919–1920 — hoarded, melted, or simply uneconomical to mint at face value — forcing hundreds of German towns to print their own fractional paper currency. Würzburg was one of them.
The DeNG catalog distinguishes multiple sub-varieties within the W65 series, reflecting different print runs or minor specification changes. The "a" suffix here marks the earliest recorded variant of this specific emission.