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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Calbe an der Saale, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on a warm ochre ground with a decorative border. Two teal-coloured municipal shield vignettes flank the central text panel, with the denomination '75' at left and 'Pf.' at right in bold black numerals. The central text, rendered in ornate Gothic blackletter, reads 'Notgeld der Stadt Calbe a.d.S.' with validity clause 'Gültig bis 4 Wochen nach öffentlichem Aufruf' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat', accompanied by four facsimile signatures and a red embossed city seal at lower right; a rhyming verse in italic script borders three sides of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely lithographed multicolour vignette occupying the upper two-thirds of the note, showing the Roland statue and column of Calbe at left, with the twin-spired Stephani-Kirche and surrounding trees rendered in a naturalistic townscape to the right against a cloud-streaked sky. The denomination '75 Pf.' appears in bold black numerals within decorative cartouches at each upper corner. Below the vignette, a text panel in Gothic script carries a four-line rhyming verse referencing the Stephani-Kirche sundial and the Roland figure, signed 'W.O.R.', with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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Calbe an der Saale issued this 75 Pfennig Notgeld during the coin shortage years of the early Weimar Republic, when hundreds of German municipalities printed their own small-denomination emergency money to fill the void left by hoarded metal coinage. Walter Ochs & Co. in Magdeburg handled a significant volume of regional Notgeld contracts during this period, making them one of the more prolific provincial printers of the series.
The 75 Pfennig denomination is among the less common face values in municipal Notgeld — most towns favored 25, 50, and 100 Pfennig — suggesting this was calibrated to a specific local pricing need rather than issued as part of a standard set.