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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Seehausen i.A. (City of Seehausen in der Altmark) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1215.1-2/3 |
| Obverse description | Two-colour letterpress Notgeld in dark violet on pale paper, arranged in three horizontal registers. The upper register carries the bold issuer inscription 'Stadt Seehausen i.A.' with the subtitle 'Gutschein über fünfundzwanzig Pfennig', flanked by large '25 / PFENNIG' numerals at each corner; the central vignette presents the city arms — a spread eagle above a decorative heraldic shield. The lower register contains the redemption clause, the issue date 'Seehausen i.d. Altmark, den 5. Februar 1921', the magistrate designation, two manuscript signatures, and the printer's imprint 'ZIMMER & MUNTE, MAGDEBURG' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Pictorial vignette printed in violet, green, and ochre, in the polychrome illustrative style characteristic of Weimar-era Notgeld. The right half is dominated by a tall Gothic church tower with a pointed cupola set within a panoramic townscape of Seehausen, with gabled rooftops and trees rendered in the background. The left field bears a four-line verse in Low German dialect, with the denomination numeral '25' appearing twice flanking the place name 'Seehausen i.A.' in the upper portion. |
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Seehausen in der Altmark was a small market town with no banking infrastructure capable of managing the coin shortage that paralyzed daily commerce across Germany between 1919 and 1923. Like hundreds of similar municipalities, it turned to Notgeld as a practical fix — locally authorized, locally circulated, and theoretically redeemable at face value from the issuing city treasury. Zimmer & Munte in Magdeburg handled a substantial volume of this municipal work throughout the region, and the production quality reflects that commercial routine rather than any prestige commission.
The DeNG reference distinguishes between sub-varieties 1-2 and 1-3, suggesting minor printing differences within the same basic issue — likely a color shift or serial numbering change between print runs.