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50 Pfennig Buchdruckerei Rehmann
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei Heinr. Rehmann, Bockenem |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Ambergau ✠ Notgeld No Hoch oben die ragenden Klippen So ernst und grau und alt, Am Abhang Büsche und Haide Ringsum der grünende Wald. Und mitten in blühender Wildnis Amblüht von der rotbraunen Heid' Ein Reh mit leuchtenden Augen, Ein Reh – oder ist's eine Maid? Ich habe sie oft gesehen Und meinte, ich kennte sie, Die Klippen und all ihre Schöne: – So schön sah ich sie nie. Dieser Schein kann bis 31. 12. 1923 bei mir eingelöst werden. Heinr. Rehmann, Buchdruckerei, Bockenem. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central landscape vignette rendered in multicolour letterpress, showing the rugged rock formation of the Bodensteiner Klippen set against a rolling hill panorama with trees on the skyline. Ornate vertical side panels in black on gold ground display the denomination '50 Pfg' in large decorative Gothic numerals. The header repeats 'Ambergau Notgeld' with a swastika ornament, teal geometric corner ornaments frame the composition, and a lower caption panel identifies the landscape in Fraktur script. |
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Bockenem is a small town in Lower Saxony, and during the hyperinflationary crisis of the early 1920s, even local print shops found themselves authorized — or simply compelled by circumstance — to produce emergency currency. Buchdruckerei Heinr. Rehmann was, at its core, a commercial printer, not a financial institution. The firm issued this Notgeld in its own name, which is unusual; most tradesmen and manufacturers of the period arranged issuance through a municipal body rather than printing directly under a private business name.
Self-issued Notgeld from a printing house carries an obvious irony that contemporaries would have noticed.