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25 Pfennig Buchdruckerei Rehmann
| Issuer | Bockenem, City of |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld (emergency money) note of the Ambergau region, printed in multicolour letterpress. The central vignette presents an ornate heraldic coat of arms with a winged helmet crest and elaborate baroque scrollwork, above which the serial number appears. Two yellow text panels flank the central arms, each bearing verses in Gothic blackletter script. The header reads 'Ambergau Notgeld' with a swastika emblem, and the lower border carries the redemption notice citing Heinr. Rehmann, Buchdruckerei, Bockenem, with geometric decorative corner motifs in teal and black. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ambergau Notgeld No. 013564 Der freie Deutsche ward zum Knecht, Der Jude fälscht das deutsche Recht Und gibt es seinen Erben. Der Bauer flieht von Hof und Haus, Sucht über'm Meer die Stätte aus Zum Sterben. Dieser Schein kann bis 31. 12. 1923 bei mir eingelöst werden. Heinr. Rehmann, Buchdruckerei, Bockenem. |
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Bockenem is a small town in Lower Saxony, and this note is exactly what it appears to be: a locally produced Notgeld piece printed by the town's own press during the post-WWI small-change crisis that forced hundreds of German municipalities to issue emergency currency. Buchdruckerei Heinr. Rehmann was a commercial printer, not a security press — no intaglio, no watermarked paper, none of the anti-counterfeiting infrastructure of a proper banknote operation.
Counterfeiting such notes was almost pointless given their hyper-local acceptance radius and brief validity windows. The real risk was over-issuance by the municipalities themselves.