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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Neustettin (City of Neustettin) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black, red, and yellow on grey paper, the obverse is framed by a perforated outer border in imitation of a postage stamp. The central vignette carries the municipal coat of arms of Neustettin — a black griffin on a yellow shield holding a fish — flanked by two red circular medallions each bearing the denomination '25 Pf.'; the issuing authority 'NOTGELD · DER · STADT · NEUSTETTIN' runs along the upper margin. The lower portion is divided between the place and date of issue at left, two facsimile signatures under 'DER MAGISTRAT' at right, and a three-line German redemption clause across the bottom panel, with the printer's imprint 'Druck von Adolf Forker Leipzig' in the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | BISMARCKWARTE 25 PF. |
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Neustettin — now Szczecinek in northwestern Poland — issued this note during the peak of Germany's postwar Notgeld wave, when municipal and private authorities across the country printed their own small-denomination scrip to address a chronic shortage of coin. The 25 Pfennig value is characteristic of the practical end of that phenomenon: not a collector-targeted Serienschein, but a working piece intended to make change.
Adolf Forker of Leipzig handled a substantial volume of provincial Notgeld commissions during 1920–1922, which means this note was produced with speed and economy rather than distinction.