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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Eberswalde |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Reverse description | The central oval vignette, set against a green ground, presents a detailed illustration of an Eberswalder Spritzkuchen, the locally renowned fried pastry coiled in its characteristic ring form. The denomination '25' appears in large bold numerals in each upper corner, with 'Pf' in matching decorative script in the lower corners, all against tan lateral panels bearing the two Eberswalde civic shields. A curved text arch above the vignette reads 'Eberswalder' and the lower arch reads 'Spritzkuchen', both lettered in a red-outlined Gothic script. |
| Reverse lettering | Eberswalder Spritzkuchen 25 Pf |
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Eberswalde's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of municipal emergency money that flooded German commerce as small-change shortages worsened following the war. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a minor regional printer who handled a significant number of these municipal commissions across central Germany — workmanlike output, not prestige printing.
The Magistrat issues from Eberswalde are modestly collected today, largely overshadowed by the more elaborate "Serienscheine" produced by larger cities chasing the collector market that had already emerged by 1921.