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25 Pfennig 3 x dissected from 100 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düren (City of Düren) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Düren 100 Gutschein über Hundert Mark von allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufforderung zur Einlösung Düren, den 5. April 1921 Der Oberbürgermeister |
| Reverse description | The reverse of each coupon is printed in dark brown on an all-over orange guilloche underprint composed of repeated vertical text and rosette patterns that fill the entire note field within a guilloche border matching the obverse. The central section carries the bold blackletter inscription 'Gutschein über Hundert Mark' with 'Stadt Düren' below, set against the dense orange letterpress background underprint without further vignettes or pictorial elements. |
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Düren's 1921 emergency currency scheme divided a single 100 Mark sheet into three interlocking 25 Pfennig slips — each physically cut from the parent note, with the pieces designed to recombine as proof of authenticity and prevent counterfeiting at the local level. The trisection approach was unusual even among Notgeld issuers, most of whom simply printed low denominations outright rather than engineering a dissection system.
Pfennig-denomination Notgeld in 1921 reflects the awkward transitional moment before hyperinflation made small change irrelevant entirely — within two years, 25 Pfennig would be economically meaningless.