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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Höhscheid |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Light green notgeld on plain paper with a fine guilloche underprint forming the background. A decorative banner across the top reads STADT HÖHSCHEID 1919, flanked by ornamental borders. The denomination 25 PFENNIG appears in large bold letterpress type at centre, with a handwritten serial number in a ruled box below; the lower portion carries the legal text of acceptance, validity clause, and the date 1. Oktober 1919, countersigned by the Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in light grey-green on a dense guilloche wave underprint that covers the full field. At centre, a large white numeral 25 is set within a circular cartouche formed by the legend STADT · HÖHSCHEID · 1919 ·, rendered in clean serif lettering, creating a simple but effective typographic composition against the intricate lace-pattern ground. |
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Höhscheid was an independent municipality in the Bergisches Land, administratively distinct from the larger town of Solingen immediately to its north — though the two would be merged, along with several other communities, into Groß-Solingen in 1929. This Notgeld issue dates to the acute small-change shortage that gripped German municipalities in the immediate postwar period, when hoarding of metal coins left local economies functionally paralyzed for everyday transactions.
The Stadtgemeinde designation would be extinguished within a decade of this note's printing.