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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Frankfurt an der Oder (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Pink and cream note with a dense floral guilloche underprint forming the border and background. At upper left, a large dark circular vignette contains the numeral '25' in white; to its right, the issuer's name is inscribed in Gothic script. A bold dark horizontal band across the centre carries the denomination 'FÜNF UND ZWANZIG PFENNIG' in white letterpress. At lower left, a circular vignette encloses the Frankfurt an der Oder city arms showing a rooster before a fortified gate; at lower right, an embossed dry seal is applied, and a serial number prefixed 'No' appears in the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Haupt- und Handelsstadt Frankfurt a. Oder / FÜNF UND ZWANZIG PFENNIG / Die städtischen Kassen lösen Geldscheine, bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, nicht ein / No. |
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Frankfurt an der Oder issued this note under the Magistrat's authority during the acute small-change shortage that paralyzed German retail commerce in 1920 — a crisis driven by the public hoarding of metal coinage as inflation began eroding its intrinsic value. Municipal notgeld of this period was a stopgap, locally authorized and locally trusted, rarely traveling far beyond the town's own market economy.
The embossed seal was the Magistrat's answer to counterfeiting on a tight budget. No intaglio printing, no watermarked stock — just a mechanical impression any issuing office could apply in-house.