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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Itzehoe (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Typographically bold Expressionist layout executed in black and brown on cream paper, with a green underprint. The face is dominated by large block lettering reading 'NOTGELD DER STADT ITZEHOE' arranged across the top and sides, with the denomination '75 Pf' at each corner in green squares. A central text panel lists comparative commodity prices for Itzehoe in 1913 and 1921, illustrating wartime inflation, with redemption instructions referencing the Hauptkasse and bearing the manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister. The serial number, printer imprint 'GEDRUCKT W. GENTE, HAMBG.' and the artist's monogram 'W.A.H.' appear at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT ITZEHOE IN ITZEHOE: 1913, 1921 ES KOSTET 100 KG. BRIKETTS: M·2·50 / M·42- 100 KG. TORF: M·1·50 / M·31- 1 CM· LEUCHTGAS: M·0·18 / 1·70 1 ST· SEIFE: M·0·25 / M·5 PULVER: M·0·12 / M·3- EINLÖSUNG DER SCHEINE ERFOLGT AN DER HAUPTKASSE IN ITZEHOE MAGISTRAT: BÜRGERMEISTER DIESE ANWEISUNG VERLIERT IHRE GÜLTIGKEIT AM 30TEN SEPTEMBER D. JAHRES 1921 GEDRUCKT W. GENTE, HAMBG. / GEZ. W.A.H. 75 Pf |
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Itzehoe's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded northern Germany as Reichsbank coin disappeared from circulation and small-change shortages became acute. The Stadt Itzehoe — a modest Schleswig-Holstein market town with roots in the Stormarn region — was among hundreds of German municipalities that contracted local and regional printers rather than waiting on central authority. W. Gente in Hamburg was a practical choice: close, capable, and already handling similar commissions across the Hamburg-Schleswig corridor.
The 5a variant designation in the DeNG reference suggests at least minor printing or paper differences within the series — worth checking against known examples before cataloging as a single uniform type.