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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Friesack (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-width polychrome vignette of a riverside scene on the Rhin, captioned 'Rhinpartie' at the top of the image field. Two figures row a small boat along a calm tree-lined waterway, while a seated figure rests on the left bank; red-shuttered cottages and wooden fences recede into a cloudy background. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large roundels at each corner within a gold-on-black decorative border, and a serial number panel at the bottom centre bears the series letter and number. |
| Reverse lettering | Rhinpartie 25 I · No |
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Friesack is a small Brandenburg town with no particular monetary history to distinguish it — but like hundreds of similar German municipalities in 1921, the Magistrat issued its own Notgeld when small-change shortages made daily commerce difficult. The inflationary spiral was still building that year; hyperinflation proper arrived later, but coin metal had been hoarded or melted long before the currency collapsed entirely.
Brandenburg town Notgeld from this period was typically printed by regional jobbing printers and issued in small quantities for purely local use. Redemption periods were short and often strictly enforced, which is why uncirculated survivors are more common than heavily worn examples — many were simply pocketed as curiosities before they could wear.