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60 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Altona |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Gothic church with three tall pointed spires rendered in black and red on a light blue underprint, occupying the full height of the note within a heavy black border. A serial number is printed across the church facade in the middle register. The lower portion carries a green panel with the date "ALTONA-E. 12. DEZEMBER 1921", the issuing authority "DER MAGISTRAT", and four manuscript signatures. A three-line redemption notice in black letterpress runs across the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | Full-face vignette of a steam vessel with auxiliary sails underway on choppy seas, rendered in a bold woodcut-style print in black with red and green colour washes; smaller sailing craft are visible to the left. Denomination numerals "60" and "PF." appear in large red characters at the upper left and upper right corners respectively within the black border frame. The issuer name "ALTONA" is set in large bold red capitals across the lower margin against a green wave underprint. |
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Altona in 1921 was still an independent Prussian city — it wouldn't be absorbed into Hamburg until 1937. The municipal government issued this Notgeld as a direct response to the chronic coin shortage that plagued Germany's civilian economy in the immediate postwar years, when metal coinage had been hoarded, melted, or simply failed to return to circulation after wartime disruptions.
The 60-Pfennig denomination is slightly unusual — most municipal issuers in this period favored 25, 50, and 75 Pfennig values. A local printing origin points to one of Altona's commercial presses rather than any of the large specialist Notgeld printers, which often shows in modest production quality.