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 | Magistrat der Stadt Wunstorf |
|---|---|
| Year | 1921-1922 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover, Germany |
| 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 central vignette presents the city crest of Wunstorf — a lion atop a gateway with towers — set within a circular frame against a decorative guilloche underprint in ochre and dark blue. The denomination "25 PFENNIG" appears in large bold numerals flanking the central motif on both left and right panels. Validity inscription and signature lines for the Magistrate and Citizens' College appear in the lower register, with the printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A detailed letterpress vignette occupies the central field, rendering a perspective street view of the Langestrasse in Wunstorf with the town church (Stadtkirche) steeple rising at the vanishing point, flanked by commercial buildings and tree-lined pavements. The denomination "25" appears in bold numerals within dark blue panels at the upper left and upper right corners. A caption inscription is placed beneath the vignette in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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 |
Wunstorf's 25 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded German commerce between 1919 and 1922, when chronic coin shortages — worsened by metal hoarding and the disruptions of postwar demobilization — forced even small district towns to print their own fractional notes. Gebrüder Jänecke was a well-established Hannover printing house with a long history in securities and commercial work, and their involvement here is reflected in the watermarked paper, an unusual security measure for low-denomination Kleingeldscheine of this type.
The reference numbers suggest multiple varieties within this issue — differences in serial ranges or paper stocks are the usual culprits at this catalog granularity.