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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Caub (City of Kaub) |
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| Size | 85 × 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black letterpress on cream paper, set entirely in Gothic (Fraktur) script. The heading reads 'Gutschein der Stadt Caub' above the denomination spelled out in large display type as 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig'. Below, the text 'Der Magistrat:' introduces a row of five manuscript facsimile signatures of municipal officials, followed by a validity clause in two lines of smaller Fraktur text. A serial number is printed at the lower centre, with the printer's imprint 'Gebr. Parcus München.' in small type at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Caub Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig der Magistrat: Der Zeitpunkt mit dem die Gültigkeit abläuft wird öffentlich bekanntgegeben. No |
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Kaub is the small Rhine town directly opposite the Pfalzgrafenstein toll fortress — one of the most strategically placed river choke points in Germany. That geography made Kaub famous enough to appear on postcards but never prosperous enough to escape the coin shortages that plagued small German municipalities after 1914. This note is Notgeld in the strict sense: a stopgap against hoarding, not a civic vanity project.
Gebrüder Parcus in Munich were among the more competent Notgeld printers of the period, handling commissions from dozens of Bavarian and Rhenish towns simultaneously. Their output was generally cleaner than the lithographic work coming out of smaller regional shops.