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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg (City Treasury of Hohenfriedeberg) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadthauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg 25 Pfennig zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber Fünf und Zwanzig Pfennig Protest. Kirche Konto 4 C Hohenfriedeberg der Magistrat 35507 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark navy blue and gold-tan on cream paper, enclosed within an ornate scrollwork border with baroque foliate corner ornaments. A central line-engraved vignette occupies the full width of the note, presenting a landscape view of Schloss Hohenfriedeberg — a two-storey Baroque manor house set among dense trees under a clouded sky. Oval cartouches to the left and right each bear the denomination "25 Pf." in bold Fraktur lettering, and a rectangular panel at the foot of the vignette carries the caption "Schloss Hohenfriedeberg" in Fraktur script. |
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Hohenfriedeberg — now Dobromierz in southwestern Poland — issued this Notgeld during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, when municipal and commercial entities across Germany were printing their own small-denomination emergency currency simply to keep local transactions functioning. The Reichsbank had effectively lost control of the fractional money supply, and thousands of towns filled the gap themselves.
The Stadthauptkasse, the city's own treasury office rather than a private business or bank, was the issuing authority — a distinction that gave these notes at least nominal official standing within the municipality.