25 Pfennig

Naumburg an der Saale was among thousands of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production as postwar inflation consumed the Reichsmark's small denominations. These Kleingeldscheine filled the gap left by hoarded coins, and by 1921 the market for them had become almost competitive — towns commissioned increasingly elaborate designs, partly for civic pride, partly because attractive notes sold to collectors and reduced the municipality's actual redemption liability.

Heinz Schiestl, a Würzburg-based artist known for woodcut-influenced graphic work, gave this series a distinctly regional character. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled much of Bavaria and southern Germany's Notgeld printing during this period and were known for cleaner registration than many competing houses.