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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Neundorf in Anhalt (Municipality of Neundorf in Anhalt) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Blossfeld |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by a large bold numeral '25' set against a grey-blue underprint of interlacing foliate scrollwork within a central rectangular panel. The issuer inscription 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE NEUNDORF IN ANHALT' runs across the top in block letterpress, while below the central vignette the denomination 'PFENNIG' is stated. The lower portion carries the place name, date '1. Sept. 1921', a handwritten serial number, and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister, all enclosed within an ornate chain-link border with diamond corner ornaments. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Neundorf in Anhalt is a small village near Bernburg, and like hundreds of similarly obscure German municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the inflationary chaos of the early Weimar years. The 1921 wave of small-denomination municipal issues was driven not by civic ambition but by a genuine shortage of coin, which had effectively vanished from circulation as metal values outpaced face values.
Blossfeld handled both design and printing, a local arrangement common to smaller Anhalt-region issues. The presence of a watermark is worth noting — many Notgeld printings of this tier dispensed with security features entirely.