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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Mirow (City of Mirow) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0889.1-2/3 |
| Obverse description | Brown-toned notgeld note with a woodcut-style vignette at centre showing a cobblestone street scene lined with traditional German townhouses set among trees. The large denomination numeral '25' appears above the vignette with 'PFENNIG' in bold block lettering below, the whole set against a woodgrain-effect underprint. A Low German verse occupies the left lateral panel, while the validity clause 'Gültig nur Geldverkehr innerhalb des Stadtgebietes bis zum 31. Mai 1922' and the issuing authority 'Rat der Stadt Mirow i.M.' with facsimile signature appear in the right lateral panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 PF REUTERGELD STADT MIROW i.M. 25 PF |
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Mirow is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921–1923, it issued its own Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — to compensate for the chronic coin shortage that plagued the Weimar Republic's early years. The federal government simply could not mint fractional coinage fast enough to meet demand, and local authorities filled the gap with printed paper. Stadt Mirow's 25 Pfennig issue is a product of that administrative scramble rather than any local banking initiative.
The DeNG reference grouping (.1-2/3) suggests at least two distinct varieties under this catalog number, likely differentiated by serial range, paper stock, or a minor typographic revision.