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4 Pfennig Tietze and Seidensticker
| Issuer | Firma Tietze & Seidensticker, Penzig (Oberlausitz) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on cream paper, the reverse carries a full Gothic-script text block at the top and bottom explaining the redemption conditions of the Notgeld notes. At centre, a circular radiant guilloche vignette encloses the numeral "4", flanked on either side by ornate Gothic monogram characters reading "Pf." with decorative vertical flourishes forming a symmetrical side border. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Notgeldscheine haben Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Aufforderung zur Einlösung, die nur durch Bekanntmachung im Aushängekasten am Kontorgebäude stattfindet. Die Notgeldscheine sind bis 1 Mark zu sammeln und im Kontor zur Einlösung vorzulegen. Pf. 4 Pf. |
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Penzig — now Pieńsk, in present-day Poland — was a small industrial town in Upper Lusatia, and Tietze & Seidensticker was one of dozens of local firms that issued low-denomination Notgeld during the acute coin shortage of the First World War years. The 4 Pfennig denomination is notably odd: most municipal and commercial emergency issues clustered around 5, 10, 25, and 50 Pfennig to mirror the missing coinage. A 4 Pfennig piece suggests the firm had a very specific internal pricing need — likely a factory canteen or piece-rate wage rounding.
No Reichsbank authorization was required for these private commercial issues below 1 Mark, which is why such a narrowly functional denomination could exist at all.