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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Plau i. M. |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Colourful lithographic vignette in navy blue, orange, and green, showing two figures in 18th-century folk costume engaged in conversation — a stout man in a white cap and orange waistcoat with a walking stick at left, and a taller companion holding a small bird and a bag at right — against a muted rose-brown background with the large denomination numeral '25' and abbreviation 'Pf' rendered in orange script at upper left. A dark lower panel carries a Low German literary quotation from Fritz Reuter's character Braesig, followed by the validity inscription and issuing authority in Fraktur script. Three facsimile signatures of municipal officials appear below the issuer's name. |
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| Reverse description | Boldly printed colour lithograph in navy blue, orange, and green showing a medieval round tower with crenellated parapet — rendered in orange with white cross-hatching to suggest stonework — rising above a stand of dark green trees, with a glimpse of a building and a waterway at lower left against a rose-mauve sky. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large grey type at lower right, with the legend 'PFENNIG-REUTERGELD' and the place name 'PLAU' in bold block capitals across the lower blue panel. |
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Plau am Mecklenburg-Seenplatte was a small lakeside market town with no particular financial significance, which makes its 1922 Notgeld issue entirely typical of the inflationary spiral that forced thousands of German municipalities to print their own fractional emergency currency that year. The Reichsbank simply could not keep small denominations in circulation fast enough — coin metal was hoarded, and the official printing presses were consumed by ever-larger denominations.
The DeNG reference distinguishes two variants (2 and 3) within the same type, likely differentiated by serial number range or minor typographic detail rather than any substantive reissue.