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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Brüel (City of Brüel) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Richard Scheibe |
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| Obverse lettering | Doch aerwerft mit Kultur der Welt, Dor is't noch leg mit em bestellt. Wenn Di ver gröißt, denn Jegg schön Dank, Un feet Di nich in Honnigkuken krank. Putz mit de Fingers nich de Nas', Un gah nich 'rüm as in den Das-. 25 Pfennig Dieser Schein hat Gültigkeit für den Belover-kehr innerhalb der Stadtgemeinde bis zum 30. April 1922 Der Rat der Stadt Brüel Baumann ... Schnoe ... |
| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by a bold rectangular border and divided into three vertical panels. The central panel bears a detailed letterpress vignette of a Gothic church tower with a large arched gateway and flanking trees, viewed through an arched surround with a dotted inner edge. The denomination "25 Pfg" appears in large bold numerals at upper left, with "Reuter-Geld" inscribed in a cartouche at lower left. To the right, a ribbon banner carries the legend "der Stadt" above and the town name "Brüel i/M" below in large Gothic script. The artist's signature "Richard Scheibe" appears at lower left. |
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Brüel is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities in 1921, it issued Notgeld to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued the early Weimar economy. What elevates this particular series above routine emergency scrip is the designer: Richard Scheibe was a sculptor and medallist of genuine standing, better known for figurative bronzes than for paper currency work. His involvement in a 25 Pfennig note for an obscure Mecklenburg town is the kind of anomaly that makes Notgeld collecting genuinely interesting.
The DeNG reference codes 0191.1-2/3 indicate at least two distinct types within this issue.