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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Seehausen i. d. Altmark (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and red notgeld issued by the Magistrat of Seehausen in der Altmark, with a central vignette of the town's Gothic brick church tower rendered in dark brown against a fine guilloche underprint. The large numeral '5' is superimposed over the church vignette, flanked on each side by a circular red seal bearing the municipal coat of arms with an eagle and the legend 'MAGISTRAT STADT SEEHAUSEN V. ALTMARK'. Date of issue 'den 10. Juni 1917' and validity notice for the Kreis Osterburg appear in the lower portion, accompanied by two manuscript signatures on behalf of the Magistrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Seehausen i. d. Altm. GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 5 PFENNIG Im ganzen Kreise Osterburg gültig Seehausen i. d. Altm., den 10. Juni 1917. Der Magistrat: MAGISTRAT STADT SEEHAUSEN V/ALTMARK |
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Seehausen im der Altmark is a small market town in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt, and this 5 Pfennig note belongs to the enormous wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Germany from 1916 onward as wartime metal shortages pulled copper and nickel coins out of circulation entirely. The Reichsbank could not fill the gap fast enough, so thousands of towns — Seehausen among them — contracted local and regional printers to produce their own emergency fractional currency.
Edler & Krische, the Hanover firm responsible here, handled Notgeld commissions for numerous small municipalities during this period. Their output was competent rather than distinguished.