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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Weiden (City Council of Weiden in der Oberpfalz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 48 × 36 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 1 STADT WEIDEN Pfennig Druckerei N.K.L. Weiden |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on buff paper and centres on a circular vignette enclosed by a double-rule border with a row of ornamental cross motifs at top and bottom. Within the circle, the Weiden civic arms are displayed on a quartered shield surmounted by a mural crown, the shield supported by foliate scrollwork and flanked by floral sprigs. The arc inscription 'STADTRAT' runs across the upper interior of the circle, with 'WEIDEN' in bold capitals at the base, while the numeral '1' appears in each of the four corners outside the circle. |
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Weiden in der Oberpfalz issued its own fractional paper currency in 1920 under the broader wave of German municipal Kleingeldscheine — emergency small-change notes produced to address the chronic coin shortage that persisted well after the Armistice. By this point the Reichsbank had essentially abandoned responsibility for low-denomination coinage, leaving city councils, merchants, and even private firms to fill the gap themselves.
Printed locally by Druckerei N.K.L., this 1-Pfennig piece sits at the very bottom of the emergency currency denominations — practically worthless even at issue, yet necessary. The Graumann reference W18.5 places it within a documented Weiden series, suggesting the Stadtrat issued multiple values simultaneously.