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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Mücheln, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and olive-brown on cream paper, the obverse is arranged in three vertical panels: the flanking panels each bear the denomination numeral '25' above 'PFENNIG' in bold Gothic lettering with horizontal line underprints, the left panel additionally carrying the issue date 'AUSGEGEBEN AM 1. JULI 1921'. The central panel contains an octagonal vignette with a full-length figure of St. Jacobus (St. James the pilgrim) holding a staff and bowl, encircled by the legend 'ST. JACOBUS' and the city seal inscription 'SIGIL. DER STADT MÜCHILL' with the split date '16 42'. A broad red header band carries 'GUTSCHEIN DER STADT MÜCHELN' and a matching red footer band reads 'VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT 1 MONAT NACH ABRUF', with a manuscript signature of the Magistrat at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Pfennig Steinbild am 25 Pfennig Hause Markt 15 Anno 1680 war allhier ein großes Sterben. Männer, Weiber, Kinder mussten alle jämmerlich verderben. Diesen hier allein die böse Pestilenz verschonet Herr behüt' vor solcher Plage gnädig unsre liebe Stadt. |
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Mücheln is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, best known for the vast lignite mining operations in the surrounding Geisel Valley. This 25 Pfennig note belongs to the wave of municipal Kleingeldersatz issued across Germany in 1921, when the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate fractional coinage — exacerbated by postwar inflation stripping small-denomination metal currency from circulation — forced hundreds of towns to print their own stopgap money.
Adolf Forker of Leipzig was a minor but prolific printer of Notgeld, handling commissions from numerous Saxony and Thuringia municipalities during this period. The DeNG reference places this as one of five noted varieties in the 0902.1 series.