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25 Pfennig Rees
| Issuer | Stadt Rees (City of Rees) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Small-format Notgeld note with a violet geometric guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The large numeral '25' and 'Pfennig' are printed in bold black letterpress at centre, flanked by ornamental scroll vignettes. 'Gutschein der Stadt Rees' appears at top, with 'Ausgestellt 1919' at left and the Mayor's title and facsimile signature at right; a red serial number is printed at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadt Rees 25 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird von den städtischen Kassen bis zum 30. September 1921 eingelöst. |
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Rees, a small town on the Lower Rhine in the Rhineland, issued this note as part of the massive Notgeld wave of 1919, when municipal and local authorities across Germany printed their own emergency small-change scrip to compensate for the chronic shortage of official coinage. The Reich had been unable to keep pace with demand, and towns like Rees had little choice but to fill the gap themselves.
These Lower Rhine issues were typically printed in short runs by local printers and redeemed within months — survival rates vary considerably, with some issues proving surprisingly elusive despite their humble origins.