Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreis Daun (District of Daun) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse centres on the armorial bearings of Kreis Daun, flanked in the lower register by two subsidiary coats of arms, all set within a printed border. The issuing authority and denomination are rendered in bold letterpress across the central text field, with the layout typical of emergency currency (Notgeld) of the early Weimar period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | MONTERLEY BEI GEROLSTEIN. 25 FÜR GEROLSTEIN WILL HEROLD SEIN. |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Kreis Daun lies in the Eifel, a volcanic upland in the Rhineland — an area so economically marginal that even its district-level Notgeld designs often leaned on regional geology and folklore to give the paper some local character. This 25 Pfennig note was issued during the peak of Germany's municipal emergency currency wave, when the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small denomination coins forced hundreds of local authorities to fill the gap themselves.
Carl Schleicher & Schüll in Düren printed for dozens of Notgeld issuers across the Rhineland during this period. Their output was technically competent but high-volume — Daun was one client among many.