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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kempen am Rhein (City of Kempen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld note printed in olive-brown on cream paper, with the issuer's name 'Stadt Kempen-Rhein' in large Gothic script across the upper portion, flanked by the denomination numeral '75' at left and right. A central text panel contains the redemption clause in letterpress, followed by the date '9.3.20', the designation 'DER BÜRGERMEISTER' with a manuscript facsimile signature, and a serial number at the foot. Small floral vignettes ornament the lower corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Kempen-Rh. über 75 Pfennig THOMAS A KEMPIS |
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Kempen am Rhein — not to be confused with the larger Kempen in the Lower Rhine district — issued this 75 Pfennig note during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany in the immediate postwar period. Municipal Notgeld of this denomination was a practical response to the near-total disappearance of small change from circulation, hoarded or melted as metal values fluctuated wildly against a destabilizing Mark.
The 1920 issues from this issuer are among the more modestly documented Rhineland municipal series, printed in small quantities for genuinely local use rather than the collector-targeted Serienscheine that flooded the market later that same year.