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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Groß Flottbek |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette illustrates a lively historical scene of the Husarenbaracke (Hussar barracks) of 1812, rendered in an expressionist pen-and-wash style with warm ochre tones, showing figures and horses gathered around a timber-framed structure amid trees. Gothic blackletter inscriptions frame the note at top and left, with the denomination numeral '75' set boldly at lower left and the issuing municipality name, date of issue '1 Aug. 1921', validity date 'Gültig bis 1. Oct. 1921', and the Gemeindevorsteher's manuscript signature appearing in a scrollwork cartouche at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central colour vignette presents a tranquil view of the Lutherstrasse in Groß Flottbek as it appeared in 1912, with a red-brick church steeple rising among mature trees and gabled residential buildings, strolling figures visible in the foreground. The denomination numeral '75' appears in bold red on both lateral margins within decorative cartouches. A Low German verse in Gothic blackletter runs across the upper border and a descriptive caption in Low German occupies the lower register, with the printer's imprint 'Farbendruck Langebartels & Jürgens, Altona' at lower left. |
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Groß Flottbek was at this point still an independent municipality on the western outskirts of Hamburg — it would not be incorporated into the city until 1927. Like hundreds of German communities in 1921, it issued its own Notgeld to address the chronic small-change shortage that persisted well after the First World War, with coin metal still being diverted or hoarded and official low denominations simply not reaching circulation in sufficient quantities.
The DeNG reference indicates at least eight distinct varieties within this 75 Pfennig type, suggesting the commune issued multiple text or color variants — a common practice among Notgeld issuers catering simultaneously to local necessity and the already-thriving collector trade.