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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Restkreis Merzig-Wadern (Kreisausschuss) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the obverse is dominated by a large oval vignette of the ruins of Dagstuhl Castle (inscribed 'Ruine Dagstuhl 1860'), enclosed within an elaborate wreath of braided foliage. To the right, the issuer title 'GUTSCHEIN DES RESTKREISES MERZIG-WADERN' appears at the top in bold letterpress, with the denomination '25 PFENNIG' in a strong dark band below. The lower right carries the validity clause text, the place and date 'WADERN, den 1. Mai 1921', and a manuscript signature above the printed title 'Kreisverwalter' with 'Der Kreisausschuss:' above it. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Fest wie im Sturm die Hochwaldseiche, Steht der Restkreis treu zum Reiche! 25 SCHAAR & DATHE, TPIER. |
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Merzig-Wadern was one of the Saar districts placed under League of Nations administration following the Treaty of Versailles, creating an awkward jurisdictional situation in which the remaining German-administered rump — the "Restkreis" — retained just enough administrative authority to issue its own emergency coinage substitute. This note is a product of that narrow window: German law still applied, but the political ground had shifted fundamentally.
Schaar & Dathe, a Trier print house with a solid regional footprint, handled much of the Notgeld production for the Mosel and Saar periphery during this period. The 1b-2/3 suffix in the DeNG reference indicates a variant within a closely related emission, likely differentiated by serial range or a minor typographic change.