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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Wunstorf (City of Wunstorf) |
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| Year | 1921-1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER STADT WUNSTORF 75 PFENNIG Magistrat Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1922 Bürgervorsteher Kollegium (Translation: VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF WUNSTORF 75 PFENNIGS Magistrate Valid until December 31, 1922 Civic College) |
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| Protection description | Rhombic stars pattern |
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Wunstorf's 75 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the massive wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany between 1919 and 1922, when coin shortages and runaway inflation made small-denomination change effectively impossible to source through normal channels. Hundreds of towns commissioned their own issues, and the market for collectible Notgeld had already become self-aware — many municipalities printed deliberately attractive series knowing philatelists would absorb them without ever spending a note.
Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover was one of the more prolific regional printers serving this demand, producing issues for numerous Lower Saxony municipalities during these years. The watermarked paper on this issue is a minor but genuine security feature, unusual for emergency scrip of such modest face value.