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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Erkelenz |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Merkelb 3#2 |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis Erkelenz 1917 25 Pfennig No Dieser Gutschein wird von der Kreissparkasse Erkelenz nebst ihren Zweig- u. Annahmestellen, von der Kreiskommunalkasse und der Stadtkasse Erkelenz, sowie sämtlichen Gemeindekassen des Kreises Erkelenz in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung im Erkelenzer Kreisblatt. Für die Einlösung haftet der Kreis Erkelenz. Erkelenz, den 31. August 1917. Der Kreis-Ausschuß des Kreises Erkelenz. |
| Reverse description | Salmon-pink reverse printed on a fine dotted underprint ground, with no border frame. The central design consists of three interlocking circular vignettes: the left and right circles each contain the bold numeral '25', while the larger central oval carries the Erkelenz district coat of arms — a heraldic shield with a rampant lion and a mullet at base, topped by a mural crown — all rendered in dark letterpress ink against an unprinted white field within the oval. |
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Erkelenz notgeld from 1917 falls squarely in the first wave of German municipal emergency coinage substitutes, issued as the war drained metal from circulation entirely. The Kreisausschuss — the district committee, not a bank — had no formal monetary authority, but wartime necessity pushed administrative bodies at every level into issuing their own fractional paper.
The Merkelbacher reference (3#2) places this in a documented series for the Kreis, though surviving examples are often found with handling wear consistent with genuine small-denomination use rather than collector retention from the outset.