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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Stettin (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Ersatzwertzeichen Gültig bis 31. Juli 1922 Nachahmung ist strafbar 25 Pf. Stettin, den 1. Januar 1922 |
| Reverse description | Brown letterpress print on plain paper with a geometric border of interlocking octagonal and cross motifs in brown and red running the full perimeter. The central vignette portrays a bust portrait of Robert Prutz in left profile, with a tower and landscape in the background. Above the vignette, an inscription in red Gothic script reads 'Robert Prutz * 30. Mai 1816 † 21. Juni 1872 in Stettin'; below, a four-line verse in black Gothic script is set within the lower portion of the frame, with denomination '25' in red within octagonal cartouches at upper left and right. |
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Stettin's 1922 Notgeld issues came at the height of Germany's inflationary spiral, when municipal authorities across the country were printing emergency small-denomination notes to compensate for the chronic shortage of Reichsbank coin — metal coinage having effectively disappeared from circulation as raw material values outpaced face values. Stettin, as Pomerania's largest port city, was among the more prolific local issuers of this period.
Locally printed Notgeld like this 25 Pfennig piece was typically redeemable only within the issuing municipality, a restriction that kept most examples in tight regional circulation — and, paradoxically, made them attractive to the collectors who were already chasing these notes as novelties even while inflation raged.