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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Jena (City of Jena) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadt Jena / 25 Pfennig / Nachahmungen dieses Gutscheines werden strafrechtlich verfolgt. Scheine, bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, werden nicht eingelöst. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb von 3 Monaten nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung des Gemeindevorstandes zur Einlösung bei den städtischen Kassen in Jena vorgelegt wird. / Nr. |
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| Protection type | Serial number |
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Jena's 1919 Notgeld issue belongs to the first major wave of German municipal emergency currency, printed as the Reichsbank struggled to supply small-denomination coinage following wartime metal requisitioning and the economic chaos of the immediate post-armistice period. Cities and towns across Germany were legally permitted — and practically forced — to fill the vacuum themselves.
The serial number is the only security feature, which was entirely typical for municipal issues of this class and did nothing to discourage counterfeiting — though the negligible face value made forgery barely worth the effort.