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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Train-Ersatz-Abteilung Nr. 8, Coblenz |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain white letterpress notgeld with the denomination numeral 25 set in large bold type at both the left and right margins, each flanked by vertical decorative borders of stylised foliage and floral motifs. The central field carries the heading Gutschein with a boxed serial number at the top, the value written out in Fraktur script as Fünfundzwanzig Pfg., and a three-line validity clause restricting circulation to within the unit until 15 December 1918. The issuer designation Train-Ersatz-Abteilung Nr. 8 appears beneath, with a blind embossed COBLENZ stamp and the manuscript signature of Major Moller as commanding officer in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted plain white reverse with a simple rectangular border rule and no additional text, vignette, or security features; faint blind embossed impressions from the obverse are visible in mirror image through the thin paper stock. |
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Train-Ersatz-Abteilung Nr. 8 was a replacement and training depot unit for supply and transport troops — not a bank, not a municipality, but a military formation issuing its own scrip to manage internal wage payments during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the final year of the war. Thousands of such Notgeld issues were authorized at the local level from 1916 onward, but unit-level military issues from named formations with a commanding officer's signature are considerably less common than the civilian town issues that dominate most collections.
The embossed stamp in lieu of a printed security feature is typical of hasty military procurement — no time, and no access, to a specialist printer.