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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Zittau (City of Zittau) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 80 × 51 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed on smooth blue satin paper, the face is framed by an outer border with an oval guilloche pattern and an inner frame composed of dots and stripes. All text is rendered in black letterpress, carrying the voucher legends, serial number, issuing authority, validity conditions, and denominations in both numeral and written form. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Zittau A 325945 über fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Gültig im Bezirk der Stadt und Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau Dieser Gutschein wird bis 1. April 1918 an allen städtischen Kassen als Zahlungsmittel in Zahlung genommen. Nach diesem Zeitpunkt ist Anspruch auf Einlösung oder Entschädigung ausgeschlossen. — Die Gültigkeit kann durch amtliche Bekanntmachung in der Zittauer Nachrichten verlängert werden. Der Stadtrat 25 Gesetzlich geschützt |
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Zittau's 1918 Kleingeldscheine emerged from the same municipal desperation felt across Germany as wartime metal hoarding drained coins from everyday commerce. The city, sitting hard against the Saxon corner where Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bohemia met, had particular reason to keep small change circulating — border trade made even 25 Pfennig a practical necessity.
J. P. Himmer in Augsburg, a reliable provincial job printer, handled much of this emergency municipal work across southern Germany. The DeNG reference suffix "a" indicates the first known type variant within the Z12 series, suggesting at least one subsequent printing adjustment was made.