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25 Pfennig Verkehrsverein
| Issuer | Verkehrsverein Königswinter |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Tan-ground Notgeld printed in black and orange-red. The left half is occupied by the municipal coat of arms of Königswinter — an orange shield quartered with crossed keys and a cross, surmounted by a crenellated tower and flanked by elaborate foliate supporters — all rendered in bold two-colour letterpress. To the upper right, the denomination numeral "25" is printed in a large orange typeface, beneath the issuer inscriptions in black. The lower right panel carries the redemption clause text, the issue date "15. Juli 1921", and a manuscript signature on behalf of the Verkehrsverein. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 25 25 25 HEINR. VOGEL. H. Stürtz A.G. Würzburg. |
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Königswinter's Verkehrsverein — a local tourism association, not a municipal authority — issuing its own emergency currency is a sharp illustration of how thoroughly the Notgeld phenomenon dissolved normal boundaries of monetary issuing authority during the inflation years. Associations, clubs, and chambers of commerce all printed scrip when small change simply disappeared from circulation. H. Stürtz A.G. in Würzburg was a prolific Notgeld printer of the period, handling runs for dozens of such bodies across Germany.
Designer Heinrich Vogel's credit in the margin is worth noting — Stürtz often commissioned named artists for tourist-area issues, where collectability was part of the commercial calculation from the outset.