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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Neuhaus an der Elbe, Town of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on cream paper, the obverse is framed by an elaborate geometric border of interlocking diamond and lattice guilloche patterns. The denomination numeral '25' occupies a central oval cartouche in large decorative script above the legend 'Pfennig', flanked by symmetrical panels of fine cross-hatched underprint. A text panel below states the redemption conditions, dated 'Neuhaus (Elbe), den 1. April 1921', with two manuscript signatures on behalf of 'Der Fleckensvorstand'; the printer's imprint 'FLEMMING - WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU' appears at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein des Fleckens Neuhaus a. Elbe 25 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird vom Vorschußverein e.Gm.u.H. zu Neuhaus (Elbe) eingelöst. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht 1 Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung zur Einlösung vorgezeigt wird. Neuhaus (Elbe) den 1. April 1921 Der Fleckensvorstand FLEMMING - WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU |
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Flemming & Wiskott produced an enormous volume of Notgeld for small German municipalities during the inflation years, and Neuhaus an der Elbe was among hundreds of minor issuers who turned to them during 1921. The firm's Glogau facility was well-equipped for short-run color work, which is why so many of these small-town emergency issues share a recognizable production quality despite wildly differing local imagery.
Neuhaus itself was a modest river town on the Lower Elbe, administratively unremarkable, which makes its decision to issue its own fractional currency a straightforward response to the coin shortage gripping Germany at the time rather than any particular local financial crisis.