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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Ditfurt, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note on cream paper within a ruled border, with the Gothic-script title 'Gutschein von Ditfurt' set against a vertically lined underprint at the top. The denomination '25 Pf.' appears in large numerals within hatched panels at left and right, flanking a central Low German verse in Gothic script. The lower panel carries the issuing authority text, date of 1 July 1921, the validity clause 'GÜLTIG BIS AUFRUF,' and a manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorstand. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Ditfurt 25 An der Bode |
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Ditfurt is a small village in the Harz foothills, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as central coinage disappeared from circulation during the postwar inflation spiral. Hundreds of comparable Gemeinden issued their own 25-Pfennig notes during this period, and Oscar Grupe in nearby Quedlinburg was a regional printer who handled a significant volume of such commissions.
The DeNG reference catalogues two known varieties (0275.1-2/4), suggesting minor printing differences between runs — worth checking the serial block or typesetting details against a reference copy.