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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt-Sparkasse Canth |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark ink on the same buff stock and enclosed within a crosshatch-patterned outer border with interlaced vine ornaments framing a central oval vignette. The vignette presents a panoramic townscape of Canth with two prominent towers — a slender church steeple to the left and a broader tower to the right — set against a hilly landscape with a dramatic sky rendered in fine line engraving. Denomination numeral '25' appears in circular cartouches at each corner, and the town name is inscribed in Gothic script across the lower portion of the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Canth 25 |
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Canth is the German name for Kąty Wrocławskie, a small town in Lower Silesia that passed to Poland after 1945. This note is municipal emergency money — Notgeld — issued by the town's savings institution rather than any federal or state authority. Germany's fragmented Notgeld output between roughly 1917 and 1923 was a direct result of the Reichsbank's inability to supply small-denomination coins as metal was diverted to the war effort, forcing thousands of municipalities to fill the gap themselves.
Stadt-Sparkasse issues of this type were printed locally or through small regional printers and rarely carry professional engraving. Canth's output is among the more obscure Lower Silesian issues.