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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Quedlinburg (City of Quedlinburg) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided Notgeld voucher printed in dark brown on plain paper. The left portion bears a large heraldic vignette of a double-headed eagle with a central oval cartouche enclosing the Quedlinburg town arms; the right portion carries the denomination '25 Pfennig' in bold letterpress below the heading 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER', with text stating payability at all municipal treasuries, the issuance date '10. Mai 1917', a manuscript signature of the Magistrat, a red serial number, and the validity inscription 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. MÄRZ 1921' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red-pink on uncoated paper, the reverse is dominated by a central guilloche rosette incorporating the Quedlinburg town arms within an oval shield, flanked on each side by the denomination numerals '25' with the abbreviation 'PF'. The entire background is filled with a fine repetitive letterpress underprint reading 'STADT QUEDLINBURG 1917' in diagonal rows, creating a dense anti-counterfeiting pattern. The inscription 'STADT QUEDLINBURG 1917.' is set in bold capitals along the lower margin. |
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Quedlinburg's 1917 emergency issue belongs to the first major wave of municipal Kleingeldscheine, printed when the wartime metal requisitions had stripped small change almost entirely from circulation. Copper and nickel were redirected to the war effort; cities were left to paper over the gap themselves. Quedlinburg, like hundreds of other German municipalities that year, printed its own solution rather than wait for central authority to act.
Local printing on lightweight paper makes these fragile. Survival rates for uncreased examples are low — not because the notes were rare at issue, but because nobody expected them to last.