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125 Pfennig
| Issuer | Hann. Münden, City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 125 Pfennig (1.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Dem Komponisten u. dem Dichter des Weserliedes beabsichtigt man hier ein Denkmal zu errichten. Compon. G. Pressel. Dichter Fr. v. Dingelstedt. 125 PFG. Hann. Münden. |
| Reverse description | The upper register carries a staff of printed musical notation above a line of Gothic-script verse from the Weserlied. The central vignette presents a tranquil riverside scene along the Weser, with rolling hills in the background, a sailing vessel on the water, and a lute-playing figure seated beneath a large tree on the right bank. A decorative panel at the foot of the note bears the inscription "An der Weser" enclosed by ornamental scrollwork. |
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Hann. Münden — the town at the confluence of the Werra and Fulda rivers where they form the Weser — issued this 125 Pfennig note as part of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities in 1921–1922. The denomination itself is the detail worth pausing on: 125 Pfennig has no logical place in a decimal currency system, and its existence reflects the chaotic, ad hoc nature of small-change emergency issues rather than any official monetary policy.
The DeNG reference lists four to five variants under 578.1–4/5, suggesting the city issued the piece in multiple runs or with minor printing differences — common for municipal Notgeld of this period, where local printers often made small adjustments between batches.