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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Wesenberg in Mecklenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note is dominated by a large red diagonal ribbon banner in Fraktur script bearing the text "Gutschein der Stadt Wesenberg", flanked by secondary labels reading "Landwirtschaft", "Handel", "Fischerei", and "Gewerbe" against a dark green floral underprint. At the centre, the municipal coat of arms of Wesenberg — a brick gatehouse with two towers on a green mound — is set within an oval cartouche. The lower section is divided into three panels: the left panel contains the redemption notice in Gothic script, the centre panel carries the large red denomination numeral "75 Pfennig" on a black ground, and the right panel shows the date "1. Juli 1921", the council signature block "Der Rat:", two manuscript signatures, and a printed serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Wesenberg Landwirtschaft Handel Fischerei Gewerbe Wesenberg, den 1. Juli 1921 Dieser Gutschein wird an der städtischen Kasse eingelöst, er verliert am 31. Dezember 1921 seine Gültigkeit. 75 Pfennig Der Rat: |
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Wesenberg is a small lakeside town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, it issued Notgeld to address the acute small-change shortage that had been grinding on since the war years. The 75 Pfennig denomination is slightly unusual — most Wesenberg Notgeld series cluster around rounder values — and the DeNG reference distinguishes at least two distinct printings within this type, suggesting the first run was exhausted and a second ordered, which points to genuine local demand rather than purely collector-driven production.
By 1921, the collector Notgeld market was already distorting municipal issuance across Germany, with some towns printing far beyond circulation need. Whether Wesenberg's series was primarily utilitarian or partly speculative is worth considering when assessing surviving stock.