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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Münchenbernsdorf (Thuringia) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with a teal guilloche wave underprint filling the entire field, framed by a teal border. At centre, the town coat of arms — a shield bearing a standing robed monk with outstretched hands — is set within an ornate teal cartouche with foliate scrollwork. Large numeral '25' appears to the left and right of the vignette, with the denomination 'Pfennig' below each. Gothic script lettering across the top reads 'Münchenbernsdorf Gutschein über'; at lower left the anti-counterfeiting notice 'Nachahmung strafbar' and at lower right a manuscript signature above 'Bürgermeister'. A two-line italic legend at foot notes the expiry announcement publication, and the printer's imprint appears at the very bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | Münchenbernsdorf Gutschein über 25 Pfennig 25 Pfennig Nachahmung strafbar Bürgermeister Der Zeitpunkt mit dem die Gültigkeit aufhört wird in der hiesigen Allgemeinen Zeitung bekannt gemacht A. Manbes, Münchenbernsdorf |
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Münchenbernsdorf is a small Thuringian town, and this 25 Pfennig note is a product of the Kleingeldersatz crisis that gripped Germany from roughly 1916 onward — coins were being hoarded or melted as metal values outpaced face values, and thousands of municipalities stepped in to print their own small-change substitutes. The printer, A. Manbes, was a local firm, which was entirely typical of Notgeld production: the whole point was to keep the process municipal, fast, and cheap.
The Grabowski and Verbanz references both catalog this as a distinct type variant — the "b" suffix in M56.4b signals a printing or paper difference from the base type worth tracking in a collection.