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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Dahlenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-cream ground printed in dark blue and black. The town name DAHLENBURG appears in bold block letters within a light blue banner across the top. Centre field carries the large stylised numeral '25' in ornate letterpress, above a ribbon cartouche inscribed PFENNIG. The left lateral panel, printed on a dark blue ground, contains a diamond-shaped vignette with the denomination '25 Pf' and, below it, the circular municipal seal of Dahlenburg dated ANO 1637, bearing a town-gate motif and the legend DES RAHTSWAFFEN S.V. DALENBURG. The right lateral panel repeats the diamond denomination vignette and carries a rhyming collector's verse. Below centre, the issue date 'Dahlenburg, 15. Sept. 1921' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' appear alongside a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | Yellow-cream ground printed in shades of dark blue and light blue. A central diamond-shaped vignette, framed by decorative scrollwork, contains a detailed view of the Dahlenburg church with its prominent spire set against a billowing cloud sky and a reflecting water foreground. Flanking the central vignette on each side is a circular denomination medallion inscribed '25 Pf', each set within a spray of stylised foliage. A bold ribbon scroll at the foot of the design bears the town name DAHLENBURG in white letterpress, with the monogram 'H&P' visible within the central vignette. |
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Dahlenburg is a small market town in Lower Saxony, and this 25 Pfennig notgeld was issued by its municipal magistrate during the severe coin shortage that plagued Germany in the early Weimar years. Local authorities across the country were effectively forced into emergency issuance — the Reichsbank could not supply enough small-denomination coinage to keep ordinary commerce moving.
Franz Scherrer in Hanover was a minor regional printer who handled notgeld contracts for several Lower Saxon municipalities during this period. The single signature, Jonas, almost certainly belongs to a municipal official rather than a bank signatory.