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100 Pfennig
| Issuer | Goldap, City of (Der Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Hans Philipp |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issue of 1921 in the Jugendstil manner, with the bold denomination numerals '100' in red-striped cartouches at left and right, and the town arms of Goldap — an eagle displayed on a quartered shield within a foliate wreath — centred between them. The header bears the inscriptions 'GOLDAP OSTPR.' and 'NOTGELD 1921' in heavy block lettering, with validity and redemption notices flanking the central vignette; two manuscript signatures appear below the legend 'DER MAGISTRAT:', and the designer credit 'ENTW.: ARCH. HANS PHILIPP' is printed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOLDAP OSTPR. NOTGELD 1921 100 Pfennig NUR GÜLTIG BIS ZUM: 31. DEZ. 1921 EINLÖSUNG BEI DER STADTKASSE DER MAGISTRAT: ENTW.: ARCH. HANS PHILIPP |
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Goldap was a small administrative centre in the Masurian region of East Prussia, and its municipal authority — the Magistrat — issued this Notgeld during the prolonged small-change crisis that followed Germany's post-WWI economic dislocation. Local governments across the Reich filled the gap when centrally produced coin and low-denomination currency dried up, and Goldap was no exception. What lifts this series slightly above the mass of generic municipal Notgeld is the involvement of Hans Philipp as designer — locally commissioned work rather than a generic printed form run off by a regional print house.
The reference numbers 451.1–4 indicate four distinct variants within the series, likely differentiated by colour or minor typographic detail rather than denomination or date.