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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Oelsnitz i.V. |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Plain beige paper note with a double-ruled border enclosing text in Gothic script. The denomination is stated in full cursive script as 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennige' below the heading 'Gutschein über', with the numeral '25' in large bold type at the lower left. To the lower right is a circular official seal of the Amtshauptmannschaft Oelsnitz bearing the Saxon coat of arms. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, identified below as 'Amtshauptmann' and 'Kassierer'. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Dieser Gutschein wird von allen öffentlichen Kassen innerhalb des Bezirkes eingelöst. Nachdruck und Fälschung wird strafrechtlich verfolgt. No 058550 |
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Oelsnitz im Vogtland sits in the Saxon coalfields, and the Amtshauptmannschaft — a mid-level Saxon administrative district — issued this 25 Pfennig note in 1918 when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded by a population that no longer trusted the war economy. These district-level Kleingeldscheine were authorised under emergency provisions and backed by nothing more substantial than local administrative credibility.
At 52 × 40 mm, this is among the smallest paper currency formats produced during the German wartime Notgeld wave — smaller even than many postage stamps of the period.