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25 Pfennig - Rothenburg ob der Tauber Rathaus-Portal
| Issuer | Rothenburg ob der Tauber, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Iron |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the city coat of arms of Rothenburg ob der Tauber at the lower portion, flanked by the split date 19 and 21. The denomination 25 Pfennig appears prominently in the central field, with the legend STADT-ROTHENBURG O/TAUBER arranged in a semi-circular arc across the upper portion. All lettering is rendered in Fraktur blackletter script, characteristic of German notgeld issues of the early Weimar period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt-Rothenburg o/Tauber 25 Pfennig 19 21 |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued notgeld extensively during the early 1920s as the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small-denomination coinage left municipalities scrambling for substitutes. Iron was the practical choice by 1921 — nickel and copper had been stripped from circulation years earlier during the war. Rothenburg leaned heavily into its medieval tourism identity for these issues, a calculated move: the town had been marketing itself to visitors since the late nineteenth century and understood that aesthetically distinctive notgeld could double as souvenirs, reducing redemption pressure on the issuing authority.