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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rastenberg (Thuringia), 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 | Yellow-ground notgeld note with a panoramic vignette of the Rastenberg town skyline along the upper border. At centre, an elaborate cartouche rendered in green scrollwork frames a standing armoured knight in full plate armour bearing a lance; above the knight a ribbon scroll carries the Latin legend "INSIGNIA OPPIDANA RASTENBERGENSIS INSCULPTA MDCCCXXVII". The denomination "75 Pf" appears in large teal Gothic numerals in each lower corner, with validity and issuing-authority text flanking the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Rastenberg INSIGNIA OPPIDANA RASTEN-BERGENSIS INSCULPTA MDCCCXXVII 75 Pf Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf Rastenberg 1/9.21. Volkrath Bürgermeister |
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Rastenberg issued this 75 Pfennig note as part of the Notgeld wave that swept through German municipalities after the Reichsbank could no longer supply adequate small change. The denomination is slightly awkward — most Thuringian town issues clustered around 25, 50, and 100 Pfennig — suggesting Rastenberg was filling a specific local gap rather than following the herd.
The print date of 30 April 1945 is almost certainly a catalog transcription error; that date falls on the final day of Hitler's life, by which point no German municipal printing operation was functioning. The actual issue date is 1921.