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25 Pfennig - Gardelegen
| Issuer | Gardelegen, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral '25' occupies the central field, rendered in bold relief. A circular legend reading 'STADT GARDELEGEN 1921' arcs around the upper periphery, with '● PFENNIG ●' inscribed along the lower arc, the denomination and issuer name separated by raised dot stops. The design is plain and functional, characteristic of German Notgeld emergency coinage of the early Weimar period. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT GARDELEGEN 1921 25 ● PFENNIG ● |
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Gardelegen issued this notgeld piece during the postwar metal shortage, when the Weimar government's inability to supply adequate small coinage forced hundreds of German municipalities to strike their own iron and zinc emergency currency. Iron was a deeply impractical choice — prone to rust, rejected by vending machines, and unpopular in daily trade — yet it was among the few materials available to smaller inland towns without access to brass or aluminum stock.
The Funck 150.2 designation places this in a documented sub-variety, distinguished from the .1 type by die characteristics catalogued by later specialists.