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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Der Rat der Stadt Dömitz |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 Pfg Wenn Einer up en Wagen biren möt, dat hei gnu nah enanner Flag henkamen mäggt, so is dat all ne Haßliche Unrau; aber vel düller is't, wenn Einer liren möt, dat hei man von en Flag wegkamen möt, dat Der Rat der Stadt Dömitz W. Gustav / Ebeling / Smuits / g. Kayes RICHARD ZSCHEKD |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same two-colour scheme of dark teal and salmon-pink. A central circular vignette enclosed within a bold ring presents a detailed view of the Reuter Gefängnis (Reuter Prison), a historic building associated with the Low German poet Fritz Reuter, with the caption 'Reuter Gefängnis' below the image. The denomination '25 Pfg' appears in large calligraphic numerals to the left and right of the central medallion, while the heading 'Reutergeld der Stadt' arches across the top in Fraktur script and 'Dömitz a/M' is inscribed in large Gothic lettering along the lower margin. The designer credit 'RICHARD ZSCHEKD' is split across the lower corners. |
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Dömitz, a small garrison town on the Elbe in Mecklenburg, issued this note under the emergency currency provisions that flooded Germany with thousands of municipal Kleingeldscheine during the inflation spiral of the early 1920s. The Rat der Stadt — the municipal council — functioned as issuer in the absence of any viable small-denomination coinage, which had effectively vanished from circulation by 1922 as metal values outpaced face values.
Richard Zscheked's involvement is worth noting: he was a prolific designer of Notgeld series, often working with multiple municipalities simultaneously, which occasionally produced stylistic similarities across geographically unrelated issues. The DeNG reference suffix ".2-2/3" indicates this belongs to a sub-series, distinguishing it from at least one other Dömitz issue of the same denomination and year.