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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bürgermeisterei Wiebelskirchen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 78.5 × 57 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Bürgermeisterei Wiebelskirchen Gutschein über Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Wiebelskirchen, den 7. Februar 1920. Gültigkeit bis einen Monat nach Aufruf in den Ortszeitungen. Der Bürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved oval vignette at centre, surrounded by a decorative scrollwork frame, depicting the surface installations of a coal mine: a multi-storey pithead building at left and a tall lattice-steel winding tower with inclined conveyor at right, set against a clouded sky, with rail tracks and spoil heaps in the foreground. The serial number is printed in letterpress below the vignette, and the printer's imprint appears at the lower right margin. The background carries the same pale green floral guilloche pattern as the obverse. |
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Wiebelskirchen was a small industrial commune in the Saar region, and its municipal authority — the Bürgermeisterei — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the immediate postwar years. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled a vast volume of Notgeld printing during this period and were among the more technically capable commercial printers working the municipal emergency currency market.
The Saar's political status was already uncertain by 1920, placed under League of Nations administration following the Treaty of Versailles. Whether that complicated local redemption obligations is not documented, but the timing is worth noting.