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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Stolberg (Harz) - Der Magistrat |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion carries a central vignette of the Rittertor (Knights' Gate), a medieval stone arch gateway framed by half-timbered buildings and foliage, rendered in a detailed multicolour lithographic style. Denomination numerals '25 Pf.' appear in bold Gothic script within orange-yellow panels at upper left and right, flanked by decorative ribbon borders. The lower panel, printed on an orange-yellow underprint, bears the issuing authority's text in Gothic lettering, a serial number at upper right, and a manuscript signature above the printed designation 'Der Magistrat'. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Pf. Konsistorium 1535. 25 Pf. Stolberg (Harz) |
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Stolberg im Harz was a tiny silver-mining town whose Notgeld output in the early 1920s far exceeded what its population of a few thousand could reasonably have absorbed in daily trade. That gap was deliberate — by 1922, municipal Kleingeldscheine had become collectible commodities in their own right, printed in short runs and sold directly to dealers and hobbyists across Germany, generating modest revenue for cash-strapped administrations rather than relieving any genuine small-change shortage.
The DeNG reference suffix ".2a" suggests a variant within the series, likely a paper stock or print run distinction catalogued after the fact by specialists.