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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Münstermaifeld (City of Münstermaifeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large decorative ribbon scroll bearing the denomination inscription 'Fünfundzwanzig' in red Gothic lettering, flanking the central municipal coat of arms of Münstermaifeld — a red castle with five church towers surmounted by crosses, with a key motif below, rendered in red and blue on a white shield. The year '1921' is inscribed across a banner at the top, while the lower portion carries a three-line payment obligation text in Gothic script within a cartouche, concluding with the place and date 'Münstermaifeld, im August 1921' alongside a manuscript signature above the title 'Bürgermeister'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a polychrome vignette of the Ruine Pyrmont (Pyrmont Castle ruins) set on a hilltop above a river valley with a village in the foreground, viewed through an arched architectural frame in red and brown tones. A full-length figure of a medieval knight in armour stands guard at the left margin holding a lance, while a circular medallion at lower right depicts a portrait bust in traditional regional costume with the caption 'Narrtracht mit Narrendpfeil'. The denomination '25 Pf' appears in red within shield cartouches at each upper corner, with the issuer legend 'NOTGELD DER STADT' arched across the top and 'MÜNSTERMAIFELD' in large red letters along the bottom. |
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Münstermaifeld is a small town in the Eifel region of the Rhineland, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1921 was entirely in keeping with the chaos gripping Germany's smaller municipalities at the time. The postwar coin shortage, compounded by rampant inflation that was still accelerating, forced hundreds of towns to commission their own Notgeld from commercial printers. Albert Fastenrath of Elberfeld was one of the more active provincial printers handling these small civic contracts.
Fastenrath's output for minor issuers tends to be competent but unornamented — workmanlike printing on light stock with thin ink coverage, which makes clean surviving examples harder to find than the relative obscurity of Münstermaifeld itself might suggest.