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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtverwaltung Glashütte (Sachsen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Reverse description | Orange and teal letterpress design with a dark double-rule border frame; the numeral "25" appears in bold gothic type at upper left and "Pfg." at upper right. A central cream-toned oval cartouche, edged with a decorative beaded border and flanked by scrollwork ornaments, carries a four-line verse in fraktur script extolling Glashütte's precision craftsmanship. Below the cartouche, the account reference inscription is set in a single line, and the printer's imprint "MAX RÖNISCH DRESDEN-A. 10" appears in small capitals at the lower left margin outside the frame. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 Pfg. Sei es Uhr, sei es Maschine Meßinstrumente, Räder, Wellen, Alle Arbeit aus Glashütte Wird stets Präzision darstellen. Stadt-Girokasse Glashütte (Sa.) Konto No 5 MAX RÖNISCH DRESDEN-A. 10 |
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Glashütte, a small Saxon town of roughly 3,000 inhabitants in 1921, was already internationally synonymous with precision watchmaking — a specialization that dated back to Adolf Lange's deliberate relocation of the industry there in 1845. The municipal authority issued this notgeld not as a curiosity but out of necessity, as the postwar coin shortage left towns of every size scrambling to keep small transactions moving. Max Rönisch in Dresden was a reliable regional printer for such commissions, handling numerous Saxon municipal issues during the inflationary period.
The embossed seal was the issuer's primary authentication measure — straightforward, inexpensive, and nearly universal among smaller town issues of 1921.