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70 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Altona (Der Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 70 Pfennigs (70 Pfennige) (0.70) |
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| Obverse description | A bold woodcut-style vignette of the twin-towered façade of an Altona church, printed in reddish-brown ink, occupies the central field, with a shield cartouche visible below the towers and a serial number in red overlaid across them. A Gothic-script panel at top states the two-week validity clause referencing the Altonaer Amtsblatt, while the lower portion carries the place and date of issue 'ALTONA, 12. DEZEMBER 1921', the issuing authority 'DER MAGISTRAT', and three facsimile manuscript signatures in green ink. |
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| Reverse lettering | 70PF ALTONA |
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Altona in 1921 was still a Prussian city independent of Hamburg — the two would not merge until 1937. The Magistrat issued this notgeld under the same inflationary pressures driving hundreds of German municipal authorities to print their own small-denomination scrip, but the 70-Pfennig value is genuinely odd. Most municipal series cleaved to round figures; a 70-Pfennig denomination suggests it was designed to complement specific companion pieces in the set rather than function as a standalone unit.
H.H. Richter & Co. was a local Altona printer, which was common practice — municipalities generally contracted printers within their own jurisdiction to move quickly.