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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Tarnowitz (Upper Silesia), City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 85 × 56 mm |
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| Reverse description | Printed on the same smooth green paper stock, the reverse carries the municipal coat of arms within an ornate decorative framework in dark green and black. The denomination 25 PFENNIG appears in large numerals and text, with the issuing authority DER MAGISTRAT and anti-counterfeiting warning NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT inscribed in black letterpress. The legend NOTGELD DER ALTEN FREIEN BERGSTADT TARNOWITZ frames the design. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD DER ALTEN FREIEN BERGSTADT TARNOWITZ 25 PFENNIG DER MAGISTRAT NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT |
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Tarnowitz issued this note during the plebiscite aftermath that split Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland in 1921. The League of Nations partition left the region's municipal finances in disarray, and many towns printed their own small-denomination Notgeld simply to cover everyday transactions that reichsmark coin could not support due to postwar hoarding and metal shortages.
Carl Flemming in Glogau was a reliable workhorse printer for Silesian municipal issues of this period — the watermarked paper was an unusual security precaution for a 25-Pfennig emergency note, suggesting the city took counterfeiting risk seriously despite the modest face value.