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25 Pfennige
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Berneck im Fichtelgebirge |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress-printed Notgeld on plain paper with a wave-pattern guilloche underprint. The note is framed by a decorative border of oval and dashed elements, with the denomination numeral "25" in each of the four corners within small ruled boxes. The issuer's name, value in words, date, and Bürgermeister signature line are set in bold blackletter type across the centre field, with the printer's credit at the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Plain green wave-pattern guilloche underprint covers the entire reverse, with the issuer's name "Stadt Berneck im Fichtelgebirge" printed in light type at both the upper and lower margins. A circular violet ink stamp of the Stadtmagistrat Berneck — serving as the official municipal seal required for validity — is applied by hand in the centre of the note. |
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Berneck im Fichtelgebirge is a small spa town in northern Bavaria, and its municipal authority began issuing Notgeld in 1917 as small-denomination coins vanished from circulation — hoarded by the public and consumed by wartime metal demands simultaneously. The Himmer printing house in Augsburg was a natural choice for Bavarian municipalities needing emergency currency quickly; the firm had the capacity and regional connections to handle short-run civic commissions without the delays plaguing printers closer to industrial centers.
The official stamp as the sole security feature reflects how thin the forgery threat was perceived to be at this scale — nobody was counterfeiting 25-Pfennig municipal scrip from a Fichtelgebirge spa town.