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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Rochlitz |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a wave-pattern guilloche underprint across the entire field, over which the text is set in heavy Gothic blackletter script. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large bold figures at the upper right, with the word 'Pfennige' below it in ornate lettering. The issuing authority 'Bezirksverband Rochlitz' is inscribed in the lower portion alongside a manuscript facsimile signature of the Amtshauptmann. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a finely executed letterpress vignette of Schloss Rochsburg perched atop a wooded hillside, rendered in a blue-grey two-colour print with a stylised clouded sky. The large outline numeral '25' is set in the lower left foreground in bold decorative figures. A validity inscription in a framed cartouche at the lower centre reads 'Gültig bis 30. September 1921', with the printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
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Rochlitz was a rural district (Bezirk) in Saxony, and like hundreds of similar administrative bodies across Weimar Germany, it issued its own emergency fractional currency — Kleingeldscheine — during the coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Bezirksverband, a form of county council, had legal standing to authorize such notes, though the entire system was a patchwork improvisation rather than centrally coordinated policy.
Krey und Sommerlad in Niedersedlitz, near Dresden, was a regional commercial printer that handled numerous Notgeld contracts for Saxon issuers during this period. At 43 × 29 mm, this is among the smallest Notgeld format types produced.