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25 Pfennig

Issuer Stadt Goldberg (City of Goldberg in Mecklenburg)
Year 1922
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Value 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25)
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Obverse description Yellow-ochre ground with a bold hand-drawn decorative arch framing the city arms of Goldberg at centre, the shield displaying a tower and stag's antlers. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large calligraphic script at upper left and upper right flanking the legend 'PFENNIG' at top. A Fraktur quotation from Fritz Reuter fills the lower portion of the arch panel, with the validity clause and three facsimile signatures of the Rat der Stadt Goldberg printed in the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 25 PFENNIG 25 GOLDBERG Den nur erwarten Täuschungen auf dieser Erde, der das Glück außer sich selbst sucht. Gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadtgemeinde bis zum 31. Mai 1922. Der Rat der Stadt Goldberg.
Reverse description Cream paper with a two-colour letterpress vignette in dark green and ochre, framed by a decorative arch mirroring the obverse layout. The central scene presents a panoramic rural landscape with thatched farm buildings, rolling hills and a dramatic clouded sky rendered in an Expressionist woodcut style. The denomination '25' in large calligraphic numerals appears at upper left and upper right flanking 'PFENNIG' at top, while the bold block-lettered legends 'REUTERGELD' and 'STADT GOLDBERG' occupy the lower margin.
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