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| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Dippoldiswalde |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Plain green paper note of simple typeset design, printed in dark ink on a light green ground. A ruled rectangular panel at centre contains a serial number, below which the large numeral '25' appears alongside the text 'Wertmarke über' to the left and 'Pfennige' to the right. Two horizontal ruling lines divide the upper validity inscription from the central denomination panel and the lower redemption clause. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Dippoldiswalde is a small Saxon market town southeast of Dresden, and like hundreds of German municipalities it resorted to locally produced Kleingeldscheine during the acute coin shortages of the First World War. These town council issues were authorised under emergency provisions that effectively handed monetary printing rights to any civic body capable of producing something credible enough to circulate locally. The oversight was minimal and the quality varied accordingly.
The official stamp served as the primary — often the only — anti-counterfeiting measure, applied by hand before release.