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20 Pfennigs Straßenbahn
| Issuer | Städtische Straßenbahn Breslau |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Mit 20 Pfg. wird dieser Schein bis zum 30. Juni 1922 bei Entrichtung des Fahrgeldes auf unseren Wagen in laufendem Betriebe in auch schaffnerlosen Kursen eingezogen VERKEHRSMITTEL 1875 Städtische Strassenbahn Breslau Nr. 1 Rückseite vermietet Annonsen-Expedition Landsberger, Tel. Ring 7467 u. 2881 Druck: Graß, Barth & Comp. W. Friedrich, Breslau 1 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain brown-toned paper entirely in black letterpress, serving as a commercial advertisement. The text is set in a hierarchy of typefaces, with the headline in italic script at the top and the brand name in large display type at centre, followed by a descriptive tagline in smaller roman type at the foot. |
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Breslau's municipal tramway system issued notgeld in pfennig denominations during the hyperinflation spiral of 1922, when coin shortages made small-change tokens a practical necessity for fare collection. Städtische Straßenbahn Breslau was not alone in this — transport operators across Weimar Germany issued their own emergency currency rather than grind operations to a halt waiting for the Reichsbank to supply adequate coinage.
Graß, Barth & Comp. W. Friedrich was a long-established Breslau printing house, which meant production stayed entirely local — unusual only in how unremarkable it was for Silesian municipal notgeld of this period.