25 Pfennig

Düben — a small town on the Mulde river in Saxony — issued this note during the peak of Germany's postwar Kleingeldersatz crisis, when chronic coin shortages forced thousands of municipalities to print their own fractional currency. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled a substantial share of this municipal notgeld work, producing notes for communities across Germany that lacked access to larger printing houses.

The Parcus firm's involvement is worth noting: their lithographic output for notgeld issuers was prolific enough that their house style is sometimes recognizable across unrelated series.