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| Emittent | Gemeindevorstand Chorzow (City of Königshütte/Chorzów, Prussian Province of Silesia) |
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| Jahr | 1917 |
| Typ | Local banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Uniface letterpress note printed on light brown paper with a fine crosshatch guilloche underprint covering the entire face. The denomination numeral '25' appears in bold at upper left and upper right, with a smaller red overprinted '25' at centre, flanked by the large gothic text 'fünfundzwanzig Pfennige'. The issuing authority, date, validity clause, and Bürgermeister signature line are arranged in a structured typeset layout, all enclosed within a dashed rectangular border. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Plain uniface reverse printed on light brown paper, entirely unprinted save for the texture of the paper stock, which displays a subtle laid pattern throughout. No text, vignette, or design elements are present on this side. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Königshütte was one of the most industrially dense towns in Prussian Silesia — coal, zinc smelting, ironworks — and its wartime Notgeld reflects exactly that municipal pressure. By 1917, the German Reich's coinage had effectively disappeared from circulation, hoarded or melted, forcing thousands of municipalities to print their own small-denomination substitutes. J. P. Himmer in Augsburg handled an enormous volume of these commissions from across the Reich, making them one of the more prolific Notgeld printers of the period.
The seal impression is the sole security measure — modest even by the standards of the time.