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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Warin (City of Warin) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 78 × 59 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow and dark blue Notgeld note with a central polychrome vignette of the ruined medieval town gateway of Warin reflected in a river, flanked by decorative columns bearing oval cartouches with the denomination '25 Pfg' at left and right. A ribbon scroll across the upper portion carries a Low German verse attributed to G. Gönkin and Richard Zscheker. The lower portion bears the issuing authority inscription in ornate script, with the validity date 'Gültig bis 1. März 1922' at lower left and the countersignatures of the municipal council and Stadtverordnetenvorsteher G. Moser at lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | G. Moser (Stadtverordnetenvorsteher) |
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Warin is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like thousands of German municipalities in 1921, it issued its own emergency small change — Kleingeldersatz — to compensate for the near-total disappearance of low-denomination coins as postwar metal shortages and hoarding gutted everyday commerce. The Bärensprungsche Hofbuchdruckerei in Schwerin was a well-established regional press with court printing credentials, and its involvement here reflects how even minor Notgeld commissions often went to reputable local printers rather than the large specialist houses.
Richard Zscheker's design credit is unusual enough to be worth noting — most Notgeld of this scale went out unsigned by any designer. G. Moser signed as Stadtverordnetenvorsteher, the presiding officer of the town council, not the mayor.