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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Burg an der Wupper (City of Burg an der Wupper) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Panoramic line-engraved vignette of Burg Castle (Schloss Burg an der Wupper) set on a hillside, rendered in brown ink on plain paper. The denomination numeral '25' appears at lower left and lower right flanking a central text panel with the issuing authority, date of issue '1. XII. 21.', the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. IV. 22.' and a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister (Bewernorf). To the right, a decorative banner inscribed 'Burg an der Wupper' and a circular municipal seal reading 'Burg B.M. Siegelung Freiheit'. |
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Burg an der Wupper — now absorbed into Solingen — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that plagued Germany in the early 1920s, when metal was too valuable to mint into coins and the Reichsbank could not keep pace with demand for low-denomination currency. Municipal Notgeld of this type was legally tolerated rather than officially sanctioned, issued on local authority and theoretically redeemable at the issuing city's treasury.
The watermark is worth noting — most municipal Notgeld of this period used plain paper stock, making any security feature an unusual expenditure for a cash-strapped local government.