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25 Pfennig Buchdruckerei J. Reiss
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei J. Reiss Wwe., München |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress Notgeld in green and black on white paper, enclosed within a thin rectangular border. The denomination '25' is set in large bold numerals at upper centre, flanked by 'Pf.' on either side beneath the arched legend 'NOTGELDSCHEIN', with the issuer's name 'J. REISS WWE. / BUCHDRUCKEREI, MÜNCHEN' in block capitals below. The lower register carries a multi-line German text detailing the conditions of validity and redemption, with four-pointed star ornaments marking each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELDSCHEIN Pf. 25 Pf. J. REISS WWE. BUCHDRUCKEREI, MÜNCHEN DIESE SCHEINE SIND NUR INNERHALB UNSERES BETRIEBES GUELTIG. VON NICHT WERKSANGEHOERIGEN WERDEN SIE NICHT EINGELOEST. VIER SCHEINE ZU 25 Pf. ODER ZWEI ZU 50 Pf. WERDEN JEDERZEIT GEGEN 1 MARK IN REICHSGELD UMGEWECHSELT. |
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Buchdruckerei J. Reiss Wwe. was a Munich printing house — "Wwe." indicating it was operated by a widow at the time of issue — that produced its own notgeld during the severe small-change shortages that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. A commercial printer issuing its own emergency currency is not unusual for the period, but the self-printed, self-issued arrangement here is about as circular as it gets: the firm was both the authorizing body and the production facility.
Notgeld of this type was rarely redeemed in any formal sense once hyperinflation rendered the face value meaningless within months.