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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Marktschorgast |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 88.9 × 50.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain paper within a simple double-rule rectangular frame, centred on a heraldic shield vignette bearing a large stylised rose rendered in salmon-orange, flanked by decorative scroll supporters. Surrounding the shield, a seven-line historical verse in Fraktur script commemorates the founding of Marktschorgast, with the year "1373" inscribed at the upper right and the opening words "Im Osten" at the upper left. |
| Reverse lettering | Im Osten 1373 Jahr M. Schorgast Mit der Rosen Be- gnadet wahr Da mann aber III Schrieb Bey diesen Neuen Bau mann Mich her Hieb Als woll Gott Rosen Marcth und Einen Rath Bey guten Flor erhalten frühe und Spath |
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Marktschorgast is a small market town in Upper Franconia, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 was neither unusual nor particularly local in impulse — by that point, thousands of German municipalities were printing their own emergency small-change notes to compensate for the chronic coin shortage that had plagued the country since the war. J. P. Himmer of Augsburg was a reliable commercial printer of such material, producing notgeld for numerous Bavarian issuers during this period rather than functioning as a specialist currency printer.
The 25 Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly issued by small municipalities, targeting the gap left by missing bronze and nickel coinage.