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25 Pfennig Exin
| Issuer | Stadt Exin (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark navy blue on an ochre-tan ground, with an ornate guilloche underprint of repeated heraldic motifs filling the entire field. A large central vignette in blackletter script reads 'Fünfundzwanzig' above the bold numeral '25' and 'Pfennige' below, all set within a decorative cartouche. The issuer inscription 'Stadt Exin' appears beneath, followed by the date 'den 1. November 1918' and the authority legend 'Der Magistrat' with a manuscript signature; denomination numerals '25' are repeated in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark navy blue on a matching ochre-tan ground with an identical guilloche underprint of cross and heraldic repeat patterns bordering the entire note. The central vignette presents a panoramic townscape of Exin, rendered in fine line engraving with a church spire and rooftops set against a dramatic clouded sky, the town coat of arms appearing to the upper left within the vignette. Below the vignette, a decorative scroll frames the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. April 1921' in blackletter script; denomination numerals '25' occupy each corner. |
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Exin — now Kcynia in north-central Poland — was part of the Prussian Province of Posen when this note was issued in 1918. German municipal administrations throughout Posen issued emergency small-change notes that year largely because the wartime metal shortage had stripped Pfennig coins from circulation almost entirely. The Magistrat acted as issuer out of necessity, not monetary ambition.
Posen was ceded to the reconstituted Polish state in 1919 following the Wielkopolska Uprising, rendering all such German municipal Notgeld instantly obsolete. Notes from towns in that province tend to survive in higher grades than their western German counterparts, simply because redemption was chaotic and many were never returned.