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125 Pfennig E. Bornemann
| Issuer | E. Bornemann & Co., G.m.b.H., Bad Rehburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central panel, printed on a pale yellow ground, carries a large black circular vignette with the denomination numeral '1.25' in bold teal letterpress; the issuer name 'BAD·REHBURG' arcs around the upper interior of the circle, flanked by two stars. A Latin motto 'ODI·PROFANUM·' and '·VULGUS·ET·ARCEO·' is inscribed in the upper corners of the central panel. Grey lateral panels bear a German verse in two columns: on the left 'Bad Rehburg, du lieblichstes Plätzchen der Welt, hast zum Heben der schlafenden Quellen kein Geld;' and on the right 'doch wie dein Likör über Nacht ward bekannt, wirst auch du wieder als erstes der Bäder genannt.' The lower margin of the central panel carries the validity and issuer text in three lines. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a colour lithographic landscape view of Kloster Lokkum, with the monastery church and its slender spire rising above surrounding foliage and low outbuildings against a pale blue sky. The denomination '1.25' appears in all four corner cartouches within a decorative border frame. Narrow lateral panels carry small vignettes of distillery or spa vessels, rendered in yellow and grey tones, with radiating line ornaments above. The designer's credit 'ENTW. HEINBERG-ILSEDE.' appears in the lower left margin. |
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Bad Rehburg was a small spa town in Lower Saxony, and like hundreds of similar German municipalities and businesses in 1921, E. Bornemann & Co. issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to address the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that plagued the early Weimar Republic. The 125 Pfennig denomination is itself a telling artifact: odd fractional values like this appeared when issuers needed to cover specific wage increments or transaction amounts that standard denominations didn't accommodate.
The designer credit to Heinberg, Ilsede — a town near Peine known for its ironworks — suggests the artwork was commissioned locally rather than from a specialized printing house.