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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lüneburg (Magistrat der Stadt Lüneburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue-green letterpress vignette on cream paper, dominated by two rampant heraldic lions flanking a central guilloche-framed circle bearing the large numeral '25', with the abbreviated denomination 'Pf.' inscribed on either side. The upper portion carries the Gothic-script title 'Gutschein der Stadt Lüneburg' beneath an ornate scroll surround, with a cartouche at upper right inscribed 'Sol.- u. Moorbad'. The lower centre presents a framed text panel with the redemption conditions, beneath which the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat der Stadt Lüneburg' appears above a manuscript signature, with the designer's name 'Heinz König' noted at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Lüneburg Sol.- u. Moorbad Pf. Der Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrats bei der Kämmereikasse eingelöst wird. Bis dahin kann die Einlösung jederzeit erfolgen. Der Magistrat der Stadt Lüneburg HEINZ KÖNIG GEBRÜDER JA'NECKE, DRUCK- U. VERLAGSHAUS, HANNOVER |
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Lüneburg's 1920 Notgeld issue came out of the same postwar emergency that prompted thousands of German municipalities to print their own small-denomination scrip when the Reichsbank could not keep up with demand for coins and low-value paper. What separates Lüneburg's series from the mass of anonymous municipal issues is the involvement of Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover — a firm with deep roots in fine printing and publishing, whose production quality consistently exceeded what most town administrations bothered to commission.
Designer Heinz König's credit on such a minor denomination is itself uncommon; most Notgeld of this type went unsigned.