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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Bremen (City of Bremen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with a double-line border framing the design. The denomination "25" appears in large red numerals at upper left and upper right, with "PFENNIG" in bold black letterpress across the top centre. A light green underprint of the Bremen coat of arms occupies the centre of the note. Two symmetrical blocks of Gothic-script text flank the central vignette, stating the terms of acceptance by all Bremen state treasuries. The date "BREMEN, DEN 15. SEPTEMBER 1921" and the issuing authority "DIE FINANZDEPUTATION" appear above two manuscript signatures, a serial number prefixed "B", and a circular red official stamp of the Finanzdeputation Bremen; the legend "STADT BREMEN" is printed in large display type along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | Cream-toned reverse with a thin double-line border. A finely executed black line-engraved vignette spans the lower two-thirds of the note, rendering a panoramic view of the Alter Domshof (Old Cathedral Square) in Bremen, with the St. Petri Dom tower rising prominently at centre and period civic architecture flanking the square. The large denomination "25 Pfennig" is inscribed in sweeping green script across the upper portion of the design, with "STADT BREMEN" in small black capitals at upper right. The caption "DER ALTE DOMSHOF" is lettered in spaced black capitals along the lower border. |
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Bremen's municipal notgeld issues of 1921 fall squarely within the second wave of German small-change emergency currency — the so-called "Serienscheine" phase, when many German cities shifted from functional stopgap notes to deliberately collectible series, partly as a revenue mechanism. Whether Bremen's administration was exploiting the collector market or genuinely addressing a coin shortage by this point is a fair question; probably both.
C. A. Nicolaus was a local Bremen printing firm, not one of the major specialized notgeld printers, which occasionally shows in tighter print registration on some surviving examples from this issue.