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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Badeverwaltung Neuhaus in Mecklenburg |
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| In circulation to | 31 May 1922 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in monochrome brown-black on a plain ground, the reverse presents a bold silhouette composition in an Art Nouveau-influenced graphic style: two human figures in full black silhouette face one another in close conversation at centre, while between them at lower centre sits a small horned devil figure with glowing eyes, enclosed within a dotted circular vignette with a yellow accent ring. The denomination '25 PFENNIG' appears in large stylized lettering across the upper portion, with the word 'BEUTERGELD' in bold Gothic lettering at lower centre above the large block capitals 'NEUHAUS' spanning the full width of the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 PFENNIG BEUTERGELD NEUHAUS |
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Neuhaus an der Elbe — a small spa town in Mecklenburg — issued notgeld through its bath administration rather than the municipal government itself, which was not uncommon for resort towns where the Badeverwaltung handled its own finances semi-independently. The denomination points to a wartime or immediate postwar issue, most likely 1917–1921, when small-change shortages forced hundreds of German local authorities and semi-public bodies to print their own fractional currency.
The DeNG reference places this within the standard Grabowski-Mehl catalog for German notgeld, with the dual suffix indicating two known varieties — likely differing in serial placement, stamp, or paper stock rather than design.