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20 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Passau |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue on cream paper with a decorative repeating guilloche border running the full perimeter. The denomination numerals '20' appear in bold at each corner, while the central text block carries the title 'Kriegs-Notgeld-Schein der Stadt Passau' in Roman type above a large calligraphic Fraktur inscription reading 'Zwanzig Mark'. Below, the place and date of issue, validity clause, and issuing authority 'Stadtmagistrat Passau' are printed in serif type, accompanied by two manuscript signatures over their respective role designations, with the serial number printed in red at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegs-Notgeld-Schein der Stadt Passau Zwanzig Mark Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 1. Februar 1919 Passau, im Oktober 1918 Stadtmagistrat Passau I. V.: Rechtsrat Für die Kontrolle: Die Stadtkämmerei |
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Passau's municipal administration issued this 20 Mark Notgeld note in 1918 as wartime metal shortages gutted the supply of small-denomination coinage across Germany. The Stadtmagistrat — the city's governing magistracy — acted as issuing authority under emergency wartime provisions that allowed municipal and commercial bodies to print their own scrip. Printed locally by Knöpfer, this is a purely regional product, made and spent within the same city.
Passau notes from this period typically circulated heavily among the working population before being redeemed and destroyed, which accounts for the difficulty finding clean survivors today.