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2 Pfennig Dampfmolkerei H. Wiencke
| Issuer | Dampfmolkerei H. Wiencke, Rostock |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Rose-red note printed in black, with a decorative border composed of a continuous row of small squares each enclosing a central dot. The denomination numeral '2' is set in large bold type at the centre-upper field, with the legend 'Pfennig' immediately below and the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 31. März 1921' in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Rose-red note printed in black, sharing the same square-and-dot ornamental border as the obverse. The central field carries three lines of bold letterpress text identifying the issuing establishment: 'Dampfmolkerei', 'H. Wiencke', and 'Rostock i. M.' |
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Dampfmolkerei H. Wiencke was a steam dairy operation in Rostock — a private commercial enterprise, not a bank or municipal authority. This note is Notgeld, issued during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early Weimar years when small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation entirely, hoarded or melted, leaving merchants and manufacturers to print their own fractional currency to make change. Dairies, breweries, and bakeries across Germany did the same.
Two Pfennig is an unusually small denomination even for emergency issues of this period. Wiencke apparently needed change that fine.