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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Halberstadt (notgeld), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Richly coloured vignette in dark blue, orange, and cream tones centred on a processional scene at a Gothic cathedral portal, with a robed bishop figure — identified as Buko von Halberstadt — standing beneath the arch and surrounded by a crowd of medieval townspeople. Historic half-timbered and gabled buildings frame the composition on both sides. Denomination numerals '25' appear at upper left and lower right, with 'Pfg.' at upper right, and the legend 'Halberstadt a. H.' at the base; the designer's name 'W. Otto' is lettered within the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Buko von Halberstadt. 25 Pfg. Halberstadt a. H. Bring'doch unsen Kinneken wat! Buko von Halberstadt. |
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One of several denominations issued by the city of Halberstadt as part of the postwar Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes that flooded German circulation between 1919 and 1922 when coinage had effectively vanished from daily commerce. The municipal authorities, not a central bank, held the liability, which made redemption entirely a local affair. Louis Koch was a Halberstadt-based printer, so design, production, and issuing authority all sat within the same small city — an unusually tight loop even by notgeld standards.