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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Wernigerode (City of Wernigerode) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette carries the municipal coat of arms of Wernigerode — a red castellated gateway with a round tower above and a fish in the base field, set against a pale blue ground. Flanking the shield are two decorative column pedestals, each surmounted by a grotesque mask and bearing a polychrome medieval figure in green livery; foliate ornaments fill the lateral panels. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large red characters at each lower corner, with the date 'Wernigerode a. H. den 20. 12. 20.' and a manuscript authorization signature above the serial number at foot, beneath the imprint 'LOUIS KOCH · HALBERSTADT.' |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 PF Wernigerode a. Harz. |
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Wernigerode's 1920 Notgeld issue was part of the massive wave of municipal emergency money that flooded Germany as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation following wartime metal requisitions and postwar hoarding. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer who handled numerous Notgeld contracts for towns throughout the Harz area during this period — a practical choice of proximity over prestige.
Wernigerode's series is moderately collected today, largely on the strength of the town's tourist appeal rather than any particular rarity in the printing run.