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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Ortsausschuß Niendorf (Municipality of Niendorf, Baltic Sea resort) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein des Ostseebades Niendorf Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 30 Tage nach erfolgter Aufkündigung im „Lübecker General-Anzeiger” und im „Anzeiger für das Fürstentum Lübeck” (Eutin) Niendorf, den 1. März 1921 Der Ortsausschuß (Translation: Emergency note of the Baltic Sea resort of Niendorf. This note loses its validity 30 days after cancellation notice in the "Lübecker General-Anzeiger" and in the "Anzeiger für das Fürstentum Lübeck" (Eutin). Niendorf, 1 March 1921. The Local Committee.) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette depicts a coastal scene with a pier or bathing establishment at the Baltic Sea, with trees to the right, printed in dark blue on tan stock. Denomination "25 PFENNIG 25" in large bold type at foot; Low German verse in two lines at upper left. |
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Niendorf, a small fishing village turned seaside resort on the Bay of Lübeck, was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency after the Reichsbank's postwar coin shortage left small-denomination transactions nearly impossible. This note belongs to the first wave of Weimar-era Kleingeldersatz — stopgap fractional scrip — issued in 1921, before hyperinflation had yet made the denomination itself absurd. Within two years, 25 Pfennig would be economically meaningless.
Three committee signatures authenticate the issue, though none has been identified in surviving municipal records.