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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Ehingen an der Donau |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 93 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegsgeld der Stadt Ehingen 25 Pfg. Stadtschultheiß Stadtpflege Uhland'sche Buchdruckerei G.m.b.H. Stuttgart (Translation: War money of the City of Ehingen 25 Pfennig City Mayor City Treasury Uhland's Printing House G.m.b.H. Stuttgart) |
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| Reverse lettering | Gültig bis 30. Sept. 1920 No. 30270 Nachahmung strafbar (Translation: Valid until 30 September 1920 No. 30270 Counterfeiting is punishable) |
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Ehingen an der Donau issued this Notgeld in 1918 as the German imperial monetary system buckled under wartime coin hoarding. Small-denomination metal currency had effectively vanished from everyday commerce by mid-war, forcing municipalities across Württemberg — Ehingen included — to commission their own emergency paper substitutes. The Uhland'sche Buchdruckerei in Stuttgart handled a substantial volume of such municipal work during this period, supplying notes to dozens of smaller Swabian towns simultaneously.
Validity was typically restricted to local circulation only, redeemable at the issuing town's cashier. Most were withdrawn and destroyed within a year or two of issue, which is what drives scarcity in the surviving record.