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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Baruth i. Mark |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper stock, the note is framed within an Art Nouveau-style letterpress border with stylized corner ornaments and geometric motifs. The municipal coat of arms of Baruth — a crowned castle tower above a shield charged with grapevine foliage — occupies the centre, flanked by the large numeral "5" on each side above the denomination legend "Pfennige". The validity inscription runs along the upper margin, with the issuing authority designation and signatory name printed at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gültig für den Stadtbezirk Baruth 5 Pfennige 5 Pfennige Magistrat der Stadt Baruth i. Mark Schlemann |
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Baruth in der Mark is a small Brandenburg town south of Berlin, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the coin shortages that followed the First World War. These small-denomination pieces filled the gap left by hoarded metal, circulated locally, and were generally redeemed and destroyed within a year or two of issue, which is precisely why intact low-denomination examples are harder to find than the collector series produced slightly later for the philatelic trade.
The Schlemann signature identifies the issuing official responsible — Baruth's Magistrat, the civic administrative body, rather than any banking institution.