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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Der Magistrat Altona |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | H.W. Kobner & Co. GmbH |
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| Obverse description | Square-format Notgeld note with a yellow outer border enclosing a light ground. At the top, the text 'Notgeld' and 'Altona' flank a central vignette of a stylised Gothic church tower with three spires. A serial number appears to the right of the tower. The centre is dominated by a large dark star-shaped cartouche with a yellow diamond border, bearing the denomination '75 Pf.' in bold green calligraphic numerals. Validity and redemption notices run vertically along both side margins, and the issuing authority inscription 'Der Magistrat. Altona. Elbe. 12. Dez. 1921' appears at the foot, accompanied by four manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld Altona No. Der Magistrat. Altona. Elbe. 12. Dez. 1921 Dieser Schein verliert 2 Wochen nach Aufruf in den Ält. Zeit s. Gültigkeit 75 Pf. |
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Altona in 1921 was still a Prussian city separate from Hamburg — annexation didn't come until 1937 — and its municipal government issued this Notgeld during the severe coin shortage that persisted well into the early Weimar years. The square format is deliberate and uncommon; most municipal Notgeld of this period used conventional rectangular layouts, and the 70×70 mm die-cut was a local design choice, not a printing standard.
H.W. Kobner & Co. GmbH was a Hamburg-based printer with a steady hand in regional Notgeld production, which explains the relatively clean registration typical of this issuer's run.