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2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Passau (City of Passau) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Utilitarian letterpress Notgeld note printed in dark navy blue ink on pink-buff paper, with the bold numeral '2' and abbreviation 'Pf.' dominating the central field. The issuing authority is identified by 'Stadt' at the top and 'Passau' at the bottom, both rendered in blackletter script. The design is entirely typographic, with no vignette, guilloche, or ornamental border, reflecting the emergency character of this small-denomination wartime issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt 2 Pf. Passau |
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Passau's wartime Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — were issued by the city treasury when coinage disappeared from circulation during WWI, hoarded by a public convinced metal had inherent value that paper did not. The 2 Pfennig denomination is among the lowest-value emergency notes issued anywhere in Germany during this period, which partly explains why so few survived: they were treated as disposable scraps, spent immediately and discarded.