Passau issued small-denomination Notgeld during the First World War emergency, when coin shortages created a vacuum that municipalities across Germany rushed to fill with their own paper substitutes. The City of Passau's 2 Pfennig notes rank among the smallest format emergency currency produced by any German issuing authority during this period — the square cut was a practical response to paper rationing, not a design choice.
At this denomination, the notes were almost certainly used for local retail transactions, primarily to make change, and most were discarded rather than redeemed once the shortage eased.
Passau issued small-denomination Notgeld during the First World War emergency, when coin shortages created a vacuum that municipalities across Germany rushed to fill with their own paper substitutes. The City of Passau's 2 Pfennig notes rank among the smallest format emergency currency produced by any German issuing authority during this period — the square cut was a practical response to paper rationing, not a design choice.
At this denomination, the notes were almost certainly used for local retail transactions, primarily to make change, and most were discarded rather than redeemed once the shortage eased.