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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Stargard in Pommern |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in apple green on white paper, the note carries a dense floral guilloche underprint across the entire field. The large numeral '25' and the denomination text 'Pfennige' are set in bold Gothic blackletter script at centre, flanked left and right by circular vignettes each showing a townscape with church towers. The issuing authority text and validity clause appear in smaller Gothic script in the lower half, with 'Der Magistrat.' centred at foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in apple green on white paper and mirrors the obverse layout, with the same dense floral guilloche underprint covering the entire surface and Gothic blackletter text repeating the validity and payment clause, without any additional vignette or ornamental elements distinguishing it from the face. |
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Stargard in Pommern — now Stargard, Poland — issued this Notgeld in 1917 under the authority of its municipal magistrate, one of hundreds of German towns forced into emergency small-change production after silver and copper coinage vanished from circulation following wartime metal requisitioning. The Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate fractional currency pushed the burden onto local governments, which is precisely how a mid-sized Pomeranian town came to be printing its own 25 Pfennig obligations.
The S102.1a designation suggests at least one variant exists within the type — likely a signature or print-run difference.