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| Emittent | Stadt Waren (Müritz) |
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| Jahr | 1921 |
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| Größe | 76 × 55 mm |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Orange-ground vignette occupying the upper portion of the note, with a humorous caricature of a stooped elderly figure peering over a large cooking pot or bowl, rendered in bold black line art; a fish and a knife are visible within the vessel. Below the vignette, a Low German folk verse in Gothic script reads 'Jorhen, lat man mich dien Piep fallen,' followed by the validity inscription and place name in capital letters. Three facsimile signatures of municipal officials appear at the foot of the note beneath their respective titles. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is printed in a bold two-tone graphic style, with a dramatic silhouetted landscape scene in the upper portion showing two figures in a rowing boat on a calm lake beneath a large overhanging tree, rendered entirely in black against a pale ground. The denomination '25 PFENNIG' is printed in large purple numerals and black lettering below the vignette, with the inscriptions 'REUTERGELD' and 'WAREN' in heavy Gothic display type along the lower margin in black and red respectively. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Waren (Müritz) was one of hundreds of small German municipalities that resorted to Notgeld in the early 1920s as chronic coin shortages — driven by metal hoarding and wartime disruption — left everyday commerce nearly impossible. The town's issues were printed locally, which was unusual enough to note: most comparably sized municipalities contracted out to Leipzig or Berlin commercial printers. Local production kept costs down but introduced inconsistencies in ink saturation and registration that collectors use to distinguish genuine issues from later reprints made for the philatelic trade.
The 1921 Kleingeldscheine series is well documented but not especially rare, as overprinting was common practice once demand from souvenir collectors became clear.