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25 Pfennigs St. Magnus
| Issuer | Gemeinde St. Magnus |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 98 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by an elaborate geometric border with interlocking diamond and lozenge patterns in green and black, characteristic of Notgeld graphic design. At the top, a bold letterpress header reads NOTGELD / DER GEMEINDE ST. MAGNUS, beneath which the central panel displays the large numeral 25 flanked above and below by stylized Pfennig monograms, with additional geometric vignettes to either side. The lower section carries the redemption notice, the issuing date of 9 November 1921, the authority line DER GEMEINDEVORSTEHER with a manuscript signature, and the printer's imprint KONRAD HANF, HAMBURG 8; a red serial number appears to the right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BREMER SCHWEIZ LESUM AN DER KIRCHE NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE ST. MAGNUS |
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St. Magnus is a small community on the northern outskirts of Bremen, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, it issued its own notgeld when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from daily commerce. The Konrad Hanf firm in Hamburg was a prolific regional printer of municipal notgeld during this period, producing issues for numerous north German communities simultaneously — which means the design quality was competent but rarely distinctive.
Inflation was still accelerating sharply through 1921, and most 25-Pfennig municipal issues had become economically irrelevant within months of printing.