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25 Pfennig Schlesische Lutherfestspiele
| Issuer | Stadt Breslau (City of Breslau) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | WERT DES SCHEINES 25 PF. IM BEREICH DER FESTSPIELE. EINLÖSBAR AN DER KASSE D. FESTSPIELE BIS Z. 15. JULI 1921 |
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| Reverse lettering | SCHLESISCHE LUTHER FESTSPIELE LUTHER KIRCHE MARIA MAGDALENA K. DRUCK GRASS, BARTH & COMP W. FRIEDRICH BRESLAU 1 |
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Breslau issued this note in 1921 to coincide with the Schlesische Lutherfestspiele, a regional festival commemorating the Reformation — the timing placed it within the broader 1921 Luther observances marking the 400th anniversary of the Diet of Worms. Grass, Barth & Comp. (trading as W. Friedrich) was a well-established Breslau commercial printer with deep roots in Silesian publishing, not a specialist banknote house, which shows in the typographic rather than intaglio execution.
Notgeld of this type was frequently issued as much for collectors as for genuine small-change relief, and festival-tied pieces like this one were often sold directly at the event.