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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Alfeld (Leine), Der Magistrat |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown and ochre Notgeld note with a central circular vignette of a seated bishop in full ecclesiastical vestments, holding a crozier, with the city's coat of arms at his feet. The denomination '25' appears in large bold numerals at upper left, with 'Pfg' at upper right, all framed by ornate foliate scrollwork borders. Text panels flanking the vignette state the redemption conditions, with the issuing authority, date '1.7.1921', and two manuscript signatures at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels on a tan and brown ground. The left panel carries a detailed letterpress view of the St. Nikolai church with its twin Gothic spires, labelled 'S. NICOLAI' at upper left. The central panel bears the heading 'Gutschein der Stadt Alfeld.' above an oval vignette of a linden tree encircled by the motto 'BRYDERLICH·SEID·FRIEDLICH·V·LEBET·MIT·EINAUDER·', with the denomination '25 Pfennig' below. The right panel presents a view of the medieval Fillerturm tower amid foliage, labelled 'FILLERTURM' at upper right. |
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Alfeld an der Leine is a small town in Lower Saxony whose notgeld program was unusually well-documented for a municipality of its size. This 25 Pfennig piece is part of a series commissioned during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation — by 1921 the Reichsbank had long since lost the practical ability to keep small denomination coinage in circulation, forcing thousands of municipalities to print their own emergency money.
Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover was a reputable commercial press with genuine security printing experience, which accounts for the watermark — an uncommon refinement at this denomination level, where most issuers cut costs wherever possible. Fritz Roediger's involvement places this firmly in the category of notgeld treated as a collectible artifact from the outset.