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25 kg Eisen
| Issuer | Deutsches Reich |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 Kg EISEN |
| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse showing bleed-through impression of the obverse design in mirror image, with the Reichsadler, steel girder, corner swastikas and inscriptions visible as a ghosted offset on the plain paper. |
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The Deutsches Reich issued a series of commodity-backed certificates during World War I as the traditional money supply buckled under war finance pressure. The 25 kg Eisen — iron, not gold or silver — reflects how far the Reich had stretched the concept of backing currency with tangible value. By anchoring denominations to industrial raw materials, the government attempted to stabilize confidence at a moment when metal coinage had largely vanished from circulation.
The tiny physical dimensions put this firmly in the Kleingeldersatz category — emergency fractional currency, not a banking instrument.