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25 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt-Bank Striegau in Schlesien |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | Bruno Handke |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows the city coat of arms with two seated figures on a heraldic shield, flanked by decorative columns with floral and geometric ornaments; denomination numeral '25' appears in boxed panels at upper left and upper right. Below the vignette, the issuer name 'Stadt-Bank Striegau in Schles.' is set in blackletter script, followed by the value in words 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennige' and the date of issue. A facsimile board signature appears above the serial number, with a motto banner across the bottom border. |
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| Reverse description | Central arch-framed vignette presents a lively street market scene before the Rathaus of Striegau, its twin towers rising above the townscape, with figures of townsfolk gathered at market stalls in the foreground; the city coat of arms appears below the vignette. Denomination numeral '25' is set within decorative roundels at upper left and upper right, flanked by cornucopia and floral ornaments in the side panels. Redemption and validity notices appear in blackletter script to the left and right of the central vignette. |
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Striegau's Stadt-Bank was one of hundreds of German municipal institutions that issued emergency small-denomination notes — Kleingeldscheine — during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. By 1920 the Weimar government had not yet stabilized the coinage supply, forcing local authorities to paper over the gap themselves. These municipal issues were legally tolerated but strictly temporary, and most were called in and destroyed within a few years, which accounts for their relative scarcity today.
Bruno Handke's involvement suggests local artistic production rather than a contracted commercial printer — Striegau had its own printing trade infrastructure, partly tied to its textile industry.