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25 Pfennig Deutsche Amerika-Woche
| Issuer | Weser-Gilde, Bremen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | H.M. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen, Germany |
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| Reverse description | The central field is occupied by a large bird's-eye view vignette in red and ochre tones, presenting a panoramic cityscape of Bremen with the Weser river in the foreground, suspension bridges visible to the left, and the spires of the city's cathedral and churches rising above the rooftops, with the inscription 'BREMEN' integrated within the vignette. The legend 'DEUTSCHE AMERIKA-WOCHE' appears in bold letterpress across the top, with '25 PFENNIG' repeated vertically along both lateral margins. The lower border carries the inscription 'Frühjahr 1923 BREMEN Frühjahr 1923' in a combination of script and bold type, with an artist's signature visible at lower right within the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | DEUTSCHE AMERIKA-WOCHE 25 PFENNIG BREMEN Frühjahr 1923 BREMEN Frühjahr 1923 |
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The Deutsche Amerika-Woche — German-America Week — was an annual cultural and commercial event cultivated by German cities with strong transatlantic trade ties, and Bremen, as the principal port of emigration to North America for decades, had more stake in it than most. The Weser-Gilde was a merchants' association rooted in that maritime commerce, and this 25 Pfennig emergency note was almost certainly issued as promotional scrip tied to the event rather than as genuine circulating currency — a Notgeld issued for collectors as much as for transactions.
1923 puts it squarely in the hyperinflationary period, when such small pfennig denominations were already economically absurd. H.M. Hauschild was a Bremen publisher of local historical and cultural material, an unusual choice for a currency printer — which underscores the commemorative character of the issue.