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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städte Bremerhaven, Geestemünde und Lehe |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 86.6 × 49.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned Notgeld voucher with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire note; hexagonal cornerpieces at each corner bear the numeral '25' in white. The issuing cities 'BREMERHAVEN · GEESTEMÜNDE · LEHE' are inscribed across the upper field above the denomination text 'Gutschein über 25 PFENNIG 25' in bold letterpress. A multi-line German text body sets out the conditions of acceptance, followed by the issuing authorities 'Der Stadtrat Bremerhaven · Der Magistrat Geestemünde · Der Magistrat Lehe', with a red oval control stamp applied to the centre, a serial number printed at both top and bottom, and the printer's imprint 'M. DUMONT SCHAUBERG, KÖLN.' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-blue on plain paper and centred on a large circular vignette of a harbour scene with a sailing vessel and industrial port buildings rendered in fine line engraving. Four ornamental rosettes, each bearing the white numeral '25', occupy the corners of the note, set against a wavy-line guilloche background that fills the entire field. |
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This note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities following the collapse of imperial authority and the resulting small-denomination coin shortage. Bremerhaven, Geestemünde, and Lehe were three administratively separate but geographically adjacent port towns on the Weser estuary — they would not formally merge until 1924, when the unified city of Bremerhaven was created. The joint issuance reflects their economic interdependence even before that merger.
M. Dumont Schauberg, the Cologne press responsible for this note, was primarily a newspaper and commercial printer — not a specialist security printer. That origin shows in the modest production values typical of municipal Notgeld from this period.