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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Luckenwalde |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 PFENNIG LUCKENWALDE · 1 · DEZ · 21 GÜLTIG BIS 31 · DEZ · 1922 DER MAGISTRAT: DIE STADTV.-VERSAMMLUNG: |
| Reverse description | Printed in violet and orange on cream paper within a bold rectangular border, the upper register carries the denomination legend 'FÜNFUNDZWANZIG PFENNIG' in large orange capitals on a violet ground. Three circular vignettes dominate the central field: the two flanking medallions, in violet with orange numerals, bear the denomination '25' and are attended by standing pelican figures; the central and larger medallion, in orange, contains a detailed illustration of a hand loom — a reference to Luckenwalde's textile industry heritage. Below the medallions, a panoramic townscape of Luckenwalde in brown engraved style extends across the full width of the note. The lower register repeats the issuing authority 'STADT LUCKENWALDE' in orange capitals on a violet band. |
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Luckenwalde, a textile manufacturing town south of Berlin, issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s — municipal and commercial authorities across the Reich were essentially forced into issuing their own fractional paper because the Reichsbank could not keep low-denomination coinage in circulation fast enough. The Magistrat series from this town is modestly documented but not widely collected, sitting in the mid-tier of Brandenburg Notgeld issues.
The DeNG reference places this as the first type in a short local series. Notgeld of this period was typically printed in small regional runs, often by local printers with no banknote experience, which accounts for the wide variation in paper quality and ink stability across surviving examples.