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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Hamelin (City of Hameln), Germany |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0566.3-3/6 |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 75 PFENNIG DER STADT HAMELN DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON UNSERER KÄMMEREIKASSE EINGELÖST. ER VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT EINEN MONAT NACH AUFKÜNDIGUNG IN DEN HAMELNER ORTSBLÄTTERN. DER MAGISTRAT: JÜRGENS HAMELN, DEN 1. SEPT. 1921 |
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| Signature(s) | Jürgens |
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Hameln's 1921 notgeld series leaned heavily into the Pied Piper legend — the city had been commercially exploiting that story since the late 19th century, and the municipal emergency currency became another vehicle for it. Appelhans in Braunschweig produced a competent chromolithographic run for the series, and the 75 Pfennig denomination sits in the middle tier of a set clearly designed to attract collector interest beyond mere transactional use.
The speculative notgeld market was already inflating by 1921, with many issues printed in quantities far exceeding local circulation needs and sold directly to collectors. Whether Hameln's issue was driven by genuine monetary shortage or tourist revenue is a fair question.