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75 Pfennig

Issuer Kreisausschuß des Kreises Stolzenau (Weser)
Year 1921
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Currency Mark (1914-1924)
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Obverse description Orange and brown Notgeld note with a floral underprint throughout. A central arch-framed vignette presents a detailed view of Kloster Loccum (Loccum Monastery), with its church steeple and monastic buildings set among trees, captioned "KLOSTER LOCCUM" above. The denomination "75" appears in bold Gothic numerals at the upper left and the abbreviation "Pfg." at the upper right, while a banner below the vignette carries the large inscription "Notgeld Stolzenau" flanked by "Kreis" to the left and "Weser" to the right. The lower section bears the issuing authority text, date of 30 April 1921, and a facsimile signature of the chairman (Der Vorsitzende).
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Reverse description Orange and brown note with a foliate guilloche underprint and two circular rosette ornaments flanking the central field. The denomination "75" in large bold Gothic numerals occupies the upper left and lower right corners, with "Pfg." in matching script at the upper right and lower left. A large central circle encloses a quotation in Gothic script attributed to Wilhelm Busch, printed in black on a cream ground.
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Stolzenau am Weser was a small rural Landkreis in the Hannover province, and its Kreisausschuß — the district executive committee — issued this 75 Pfennig note as part of Germany's broader Notgeld wave of 1921, when chronic small-change shortages forced local authorities at every administrative level to print their own emergency currency. The Kreis-level issues are often overlooked in favor of the more collectible town series, but they represent the administrative tier that actually bore fiscal responsibility for local services during the inflationary period.

The DeNG reference places this as the fifth in a series of five denominations or types for this issuer, which suggests a coordinated emission rather than a single emergency printing.

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