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25 Pfennig - Rothenburg ob der Tauber St.Jakobs Kirche
| Issuer | Rothenburg ob der Tauber, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed architectural view of St. Jakobs Kirche (St. James's Church) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, rendered in a graphic illustrative style. The prominent twin towers and Gothic nave of the medieval church dominate the field, surrounded by the rooftops of adjacent town buildings. The inscription ST. JAKOBS KIRCHE appears in Fraktur blackletter script along the upper portion of the field. The composition captures the picturesque character of the historic church as seen from street level, a common artistic approach employed on Weimar-era notgeld issues celebrating local landmarks. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued this Notgeld piece during the currency chaos that followed Germany's postwar inflation spiral, when hundreds of municipalities printed or struck their own emergency money to fill the vacuum left by worthless Reichsmark coinage. Iron was the material of necessity — nickel and copper were still tightly controlled or simply unavailable to local authorities in 1921.