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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Westerburg (City of Westerburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Albert Fastenrath, Elberfeld, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Solid red rectangular field printed in black letterpress on cream paper. The upper portion bears the issuing authority text in a bold, stylised Art Nouveau typeface, with the denomination numeral '25' at lower left and the abbreviated serial number at lower centre. To the right, the issuing magistracy is identified with two facsimile manuscript signatures below the legend 'DER MAGISTRAT'. The validity clause runs in a single line across the middle register. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT WESTERBURG W.W. 1920 GÜLTIG BIS EINEN MONAT NACH AUFRUF 25 PFENNIG No 069887 DER MAGISTRAT |
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Westerburg is a small town in the Westerwald, and this 25 Pfennig note is a product of the Kleingeldnot — the small-change famine that gripped Germany after the First World War, when coin metal was scarce and official minting couldn't keep pace with demand. Municipalities across the country stepped in, printing their own emergency Notgeld with varying degrees of competence and ambition. Albert Fastenrath in Elberfeld was a reliable commercial printer serving dozens of such small issuers across the Rhineland and Westphalia.
The reference number suggests two known varieties in this series, likely distinguished by minor typographic or paper differences rather than any deliberate design change.