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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Lübeck |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and black on cream paper within a double-line border. A large stylised numeral '20' dominates the centre, executed in a bold Art Nouveau script with radiating sunburst lines as underprint. The validity inscription 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1921' arcs across the upper portion in black letterpress, while the lower section carries the issuing authority text 'Lübeck, 1. April 1921 Stadtkasse Lübeck' accompanied by a manuscript facsimile signature. The monogram initials 'A. M.' appear in the lower left corner, attributing the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red and black on cream paper within a double-line border. A humorous vignette by artist A. Mahlau occupies the centre field, illustrating a stylised eagle's head emerging from an egg, rendered in an expressive Art Nouveau graphic style with swirling background lines. The panel number 'II.' appears in the upper left corner, and the caption 'DES LÜBSCHEN ADLERS ERSTER KOPF' is set in bold black letterpress across the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'GEBRÜDER BORCHERS G.M.B.H., LÜBECK' in small type at the foot. |
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Lübeck's municipal treasury — the Stadtkasse, not a bank — issued this note as part of the flood of small-denomination emergency currency that German towns printed after 1918 when metal coinage all but vanished from circulation. Alfred Mahlau, a Lübeck-based graphic artist closely associated with the city's arts and crafts movement, designed several of the city's Notgeld issues; his work for Lübeck is among the more coherent municipal design programs of the period, distinguishing it from the chaotic amateur output of many comparable towns.
Gebrüder Borchers printed locally, which was the norm for Lübeck's issues — no outsourcing to the big Leipzig or Berlin printers.