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25 Pfennig - Rothenburg ob der Tauber Spital Bastei
| Issuer | Rothenburg ob der Tauber, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The city name STADT-ROTHENBURG O/TAUBER is inscribed in a semicircular legend in Fraktur blackletter script around the upper portion of the field. The denomination 25 PFENNIG is prominently displayed in the center of the field. The civic coat of arms of Rothenburg ob der Tauber appears at the lower center, flanking the split date 19-21 on either side. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (Fraktur blackletter) |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued this Notgeld piece during the acute coin shortages that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation, when municipal and private authorities across the country produced their own emergency currency to fill the gap left by a collapsed Reichsbank supply chain. The Spital Bastei — the hospital tower forming part of the medieval wall — was a deliberate choice of subject, the town having leaned heavily on its architectural identity to market collector-targeted Notgeld as a secondary revenue stream. Iron was the practical fallback once nickel and copper allocations dried up.