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20 Pfennig Städtische Straßenbahn
| Issuer | Städtische Straßenbahn Dresden |
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| Shape | Square (With rounded corners) |
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| Obverse lettering | No. [serial] III 20 Pf. e Fahrgeld der Städt. Straßen= bahn Dresden |
| Reverse description | Plain salmon-orange reverse, matching the obverse stock, with no vignette or decorative elements. The entire surface is occupied by a block of black letterpress text in German Gothic script setting out the redemption conditions of the note. |
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Dresden's municipal tram authority issued its own emergency small-change notes — Kleingeldscheine — during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany from roughly 1916 onward, when metal was being diverted to war production. Tram operators were among the first non-banking entities permitted to issue such scrip, since exact-fare collection had become practically impossible without low-denomination coins in circulation.
These transit-issued Notgeld pieces occupy an odd legal space: technically obligations of a municipal transport utility, not a bank or government treasury.