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25 Pfennig Ueckermünde
| Issuer | Stadt Ueckermünde (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Gebrüder Parcus, Munich, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on a light blue guilloche underprint, the obverse is framed by a decorative geometric border. The central vignette presents the heraldic coat of arms of Ueckermünde — a crowned shield bearing a griffin rampant, flanked by elaborate scrollwork supporters — surmounted by the initial 'W' beneath a crown. The denomination '25 Pf' appears twice in bold Gothic numerals within wreathed cartouches to the left and right, with the issuing authority, date of 1. September 1921, serial number, and a manuscript signature of the Magistrat inscribed below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Ueckermünde Ueckermünde, den 1. September 1921 Der Magistrat. No 8002 OFFSETDRUCK GEBR. PARCUS MÜNCHEN. |
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Ueckermünde is a small port town on the Stettiner Haff in what was then the Prussian province of Pomerania. Like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, the Magistrat issued its own Notgeld to cover the chronic shortage of small change that persisted long after the armistice — the Reichsbank simply could not keep fractional coinage in circulation fast enough to meet demand.
Gebrüder Parcus in Munich printed a substantial portion of the southern and regional German Notgeld market during this period, producing runs for municipalities far outside Bavaria. The firm was known for clean lithographic work on short-run civic issues.