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25 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Hamm (Westfalen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Green and red letterpress notgeld on white paper, with a decorative wavy border in navy and red. Denomination numerals '25' appear in navy panels at upper corners; a central scroll cartouche bears a text vignette referencing General Freiherr von Wolfersdorff (1763–1781), flanked by the city arms of Hamm. Validity clause and two manuscript signatures of the Magistrat appear at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Green and white letterpress reverse with flanking side panels bearing stylised tree sprigs. A central oval vignette portrays a full-length figure of General C. F. von Wolfersdorff in 18th-century military dress uniform with sword, set against a cream ground. Denomination '25 Pfennig' repeated in circular rosette cartouches at upper left and right, with a banner inscription at foot. |
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Hamm's 1921 Notgeld issues belong to the second wave of municipal emergency money, produced as hyperinflation eroded small coin from everyday commerce. By this point the Reichsbank had effectively ceded the low-denomination space to local authorities, and hundreds of German towns printed their own solutions. Hamm's series is catalogued under Grabowski 568, with the .4 suffix distinguishing specific text or vignette variants within the run.
Paper Notgeld of this period was printed in large quantities and rarely redeemed before the issues were overtaken by inflation — which is precisely why so many survive today in uncirculated condition.