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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Annaberg (City of Annaberg), Saxony |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted notgeld printed in Fraktur (blackletter) script throughout. The denomination is stated in large calligraphic text as 'fünf Pfennig' across the centre, with the numeral '5' set against a crosshatched background in the upper right corner. Below the denomination, two lines of smaller Gothic text confirm validity within the Amtshauptmannschaft Annaberg and note that the expiry will be announced in the official gazette, followed by the issuing authority 'Der Rat der Stadt Annaberg' and a manuscript signature at foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFPFENNIG 5 FÜNFPFENNIG 5 |
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Annaberg — the Saxon silver-mining town that gave the world the Joachimsthaler's immediate predecessor — was reduced to issuing fractional paper in the smallest denominations imaginable during the post-WWI Kleingeldersatz crisis. Cities across Germany plugged the coin shortage with their own emergency issues, and municipal authorities like Annaberg had neither the infrastructure nor the budget for anything elaborate. The result was almost purely functional: small-run local paper accepted within tight geographic limits and largely worthless beyond the town boundary.
These tiny Notgeld pieces rarely survived daily handling in good condition — the paper stock was often thin and cheap, and the notes changed hands constantly for everyday transactions before being redeemed or simply worn out.