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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Jerichow |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central rectangular vignette containing a sailboat on water rendered in letterpress, surrounded by a guilloche-patterned border with diamond ornaments at the sides. The denomination '25' appears in each corner of the note, while the header reads 'NOTGELD-JERICHOW' in bold capitals across the top. The text block in Fraktur script states the payment obligation of the Kämmereikasse in Jerichow, dated 1. Januar 1921, with a manuscript signature above the issuing authority inscription 'Der Magistrat', and a serial number printed along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely occupied by a large heraldic vignette printed in grey-blue letterpress: a central circular medallion encloses an armoured knight standing upright, holding a staff or lance, with a building in the background and foliage framing the scene. Two griffin supporters, each with eagle head and lion body, flank the medallion symmetrically on a plain ground, the whole composition executed in a woodcut-inspired illustrative style. |
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Jerichow is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, historically significant for its Romanesque Premonstratensian monastery but economically minor — exactly the kind of municipality that found itself issuing Notgeld during the post-WWI coin shortage. This 25 Pfennig note is a product of that shortage rather than any banking decision: local governments across Germany were authorized to fill the vacuum left by hoarded metal coinage, and thousands of small-town magistrates did exactly that.
Jerichow's issues are not among the more collected Notgeld series, which means surviving examples rarely carry premium beyond condition.