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25 Pfennig Badbergen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Badbergen |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light green Notgeld note enclosed within a black rectangular border, with a central letterpress vignette of the Badbergen village church set amid trees. The upper header band carries the inscription 'NOTGELD' alongside the denomination '25 Pf.' and serial number, while flanking side panels bear the validity clause 'Ungültig 4 Wochen nach Aufruf' at left and the place name 'Badbergen', year '1921', and the authority inscription 'Der Gemeindevorsteher' with a manuscript signature at right. The lower banner carries the full issuer legend 'GEMEINDE BADBERGEN i/Hann.' |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Pf. ALTE ARTLÄNDER TRACHTEN PAAL'S DRUCKEREI M.B.H. OSNABRÜCK |
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Badbergen is a small parish community in Lower Saxony, and this 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany during the postwar inflation spiral. Paal's Druckerei in Osnabrück handled printing for numerous small Niedersachsen communities that lacked access to larger Frankfurt or Berlin printers — a practical regional arrangement that gives this and similar issues a distinct typographic consistency across the area.
The 25 Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly requested by issuing municipalities, sized to cover everyday transactions as federal coinage disappeared from circulation through hoarding and melting.