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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Woldegk (City of Woldegk) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-coloured notgeld printed in brown and violet within an ornate scrollwork frame border. The upper portion bears the date cartouche 'Woldegk, Februar 1921' with the denomination '25 Pfennig 25' in bold Fraktur lettering, while a central line-engraved vignette presents the Woldegk town hall with its characteristic steeple. The issuing authority legend 'Der Rat der Stadt Woldegk' appears alongside a facsimile manuscript signature, with a serial number printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream ground printed in brown, enclosed within a dotted rectangular border. The heading 'Gutschein für 25 Pfennig' in Fraktur script occupies the upper portion, below which the denomination '» 25 Pfg. «' is set in large bold type between guillemets. A block of smaller Fraktur text sets out the redemption conditions and validity clause, with the printer's imprint appearing in small type along the lower left margin. |
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Woldegk is a small market town in Mecklenburg, and this 1921 emergency issue is one of dozens of near-identical municipal Notgeld pieces produced across the region as postwar coin shortages forced local authorities to print their own fractional currency. The printer, Hofbuchdrucker Bohls Nachfolger in Neustrelitz, handled multiple Mecklenburg civic commissions during this period — the "Hofbuchdrucker" title indicates a former court printer designation, a holdover from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz that had ceased to exist just three years earlier.
The W55.4b suffix in the DeNG reference distinguishes it by paper or ink variant within the Woldegk series.