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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Rothenburg ob der Tauber (City Council of Rothenburg ob der Tauber) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in teal, black, and rust tones on grey paper, with the heading 'Notgeld d. Stadt Rothenburg/T' in bold blackletter at the top, followed by the denomination 'Fünfundsiebzig Pfennig' in a decorative script. A central vignette rendered in an expressionist lithographic style shows a cloaked shepherd bearing an axe over his shoulder, silhouetted against a vivid orange-red sky with the Gothic skyline of Rothenburg in the distance and a flock of sheep in the foreground; caption text beneath the vignette reads 'Ein Hoch d. deutschen Schäferstand / Ein Hoch d. ganzen deutschen Land'. To the left, a redemption notice reads 'Einlösbar bei der Stadtkasse in Rothenburg binnen 1 Monat nach Aufruf'; to the right, the date 'Rothenburg d. 24. Juni 1921' and the issuing authority 'der Stadtrat' appear above a facsimile signature of the 1. Bürgermeister. A series letter 'D' appears at lower left and a serial number at lower right. |
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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 D |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the inflationary chaos that followed Germany's defeat in World War I, when coin shortages and unstable Reichsmark values left municipalities scrambling to maintain local commerce. This 75 Pfennig note is part of a series designed and printed locally by Ernst Unbehauen, a relatively rare instance of the designer and printer being the same individual — most towns contracted out to specialist printers in Leipzig or Berlin.
The DeNG reference places this within the fourth note of the 1142.4 series, suggesting a deliberate multi-denomination issue rather than a one-off stopgap.