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| Issuer | Stadtrat Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld d. Stadt Rothenburg/T Fünfundsiebzig Pfennig Einlösbar bei der Stadtkasse in Rothenburg binnen 1 Monat nach Aufruf Rothenburg d. 24. Juni 1921 der Stadtrat 1. Bürgermeister Ein hoch d. deutschen Schäferstand Ein Hoch d. ganzen deutschen Land ERNST UNBEHAUEN |
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| Reverse lettering | dann hüet i halt mei Betzeli doe drauße ganz ella Noe kummt dezue mei Schätzele noe hüet mers ihre zwa 75 75 |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued Notgeld with unusual seriousness about artistic quality, and this 75 Pfennig note is part of a numbered series designed by Ernst Unbehauen, a local artist who produced work specifically tied to the town's medieval identity. The town was already a tourist destination by 1921, and there is reasonable evidence that at least some of these series notes were printed with collectors in mind as much as emergency circulation — a common but rarely admitted practice among the more elaborate Bavarian Notgeld issues.
The DeNG reference places this within a subseries of four notes, suggesting deliberate thematic sequencing across the denominations.