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20 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Eichstätt |
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| Year | 1917-1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain white paper note enclosed within a decorative letterpress border of interlocking lozenge and dot motifs. The central field carries a light guilloche underprint over which bold black typography reads the issuer name at the top, the denomination numerals "20" flanking the voucher designation, and the value in full lettering below. An oval violet official stamp of the Stadtmagistrat Eichstätt is impressed at upper left. The issue date "Eichstätt, 20. Januar 1917." appears at the foot of the central panel. |
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| Protection description | Oval violet ink stamp of the Stadtmagistrat Eichstätt applied to the obverse at upper left. |
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Eichstätt's municipal administration issued this Kleingeldschein during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany from 1916 onward — hoarding of metal currency had stripped small denominations almost entirely from everyday commerce. Hundreds of German towns printed their own emergency paper fractions, and the Stadtmagistrat here was simply doing what local authorities across Bavaria were doing simultaneously.
The official stamp substituted for the security infrastructure a proper issuing bank would have used. That stamp — applied individually by hand — is what distinguishes a valid example from a contemporary counterfeit or a later fantasy piece.