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20 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtverwaltung Königshofen im Grabfeld |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Square note in black on tan paper with a central circular vignette of the Schüttbau building, a two-storey civic structure with decorative doorway. Denomination numeral 20 flanks the vignette at upper left and right. A serial number appears at the base of the circle, and a pale blue cancellation stamp is overlaid across the centre. Letterpress border with decorative corner motifs surrounds the design. |
| Reverse lettering | Zur Arbeit der 20 ℳ Schüttbau No 09289 Mitversigung |
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Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small Franconian market town on what was then the Bavarian-Thuringian border. This note belongs to the enormous wave of municipal Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitute — issued across Germany in 1919, when chronic coin shortages persisted well past the armistice. The Stadtverwaltung, the municipal administration itself rather than a savings bank or merchant association, took direct responsibility for issue, which was common in smaller communities without a local financial institution willing to act as guarantor.
The square format at 52 × 52 mm is notably uncommon for Notgeld of this period, most of which ran rectangular.