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25 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Coblenz (City of Koblenz) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 25 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT COBLENZ GUTSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFU.ZWANZIG MARK DER BETRAG FÜR DIESEN GUTSCHEIN WIRD 3 MONATE NACH EINEM VOM OBERBÜRGERMEISTER ZU BESTIMMENDEN TERMIN BEI DER STADTFASSE IN COBLENZ IN BAR EINGELÖST. 25 DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER: [SIGNATURE] 25 COBLENZ, DEN 15. NOVEMBER 1918 EINGELÖST (Translation: City of Coblenz Coupon for twenty-five Marks The amount for this coupon will be redeemed in cash at the city assessment in Coblenz 3 months after a date to be determined by the mayor. The mayor: Redeemed) |
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| Reverse lettering | STADT COBLENZ GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 25 MARK EINGELÖST |
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Coblenz's municipal administration issued this note in 1918 under the emergency currency provisions that had been steadily loosened since 1914, allowing cities, counties, and private firms to plug the chronic coin shortage with locally printed Notgeld. The Rhineland was by this point a significant logistical hub for German military supply, and municipal finance was under serious strain. A 25 Mark denomination sits unusually high for city-issued Notgeld of this period — most municipal authorities kept denominations low to discourage hoarding and ease change-making in retail trade.
The watermarked paper suggests a degree of official intent to deter forgery at a moment when confidence in paper instruments of all kinds was eroding fast.