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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Wandsbek |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and green on cream paper, with a scalloped oval vignette at centre formed by decorative cloud-like guilloche borders against a dark background. At upper centre, the municipal coat of arms of Wandsbek — a shield divided with heraldic bird and barred lower section — is set within a diamond cartouche. The denomination '25' appears in bold numerals to the left and 'Pf.' in stylised script to the right. Below, a three-line validity clause and the date 'JANUAR 1921' are inscribed in block lettering, followed by two facsimile signature pairs beneath the respective authority designations 'MAGISTRAT' and 'STADTVER.-VERS.' The printer's imprint 'CHR. ADOLFF ALTONA IMP.' and the designer credit 'HANS LOIBL FEC.' appear in the lower corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Pf. NOTGELDSCHEIN DER STADT WANDSBEK |
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Wandsbek was an independent city until 1937, when it was absorbed into Hamburg by the Greater Hamburg Act. This note predates that annexation by sixteen years, issued by a municipal authority that would not survive the decade intact as an administrative entity. The volume printed — over twelve million pieces — reflects the sheer demand for small-denomination emergency currency during the inflationary spiral of the early Weimar period, when coin metal was hoarded and Reichsbank notes were increasingly impractical at street level.
Chr. Adolff in Altona handled a substantial volume of Notgeld printing for northern German municipalities during this period. Hans Loibl's design credit is unusually specific for a piece of this type.