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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Ansbach (City Council of Ansbach) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on orange paper, the obverse bears a large denomination numeral '75' in the upper left, beneath which appears the Ansbach civic arms — a shield with diagonal wavy lines and three fish — flanked by the founding and jubilee years '1221' and '1921'. To the right, the issuing authority and denomination are rendered in bold decorative Gothic lettering, with a small green guilloche vignette centered between validity clauses. The date of issue '12·8·21', an autograph signature, and the title 'RECHTSK. BÜRGERMEISTER' appear at the lower right, with the designer's name 'WILLY FLACH' inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on orange paper and carries a full-field silhouette vignette in the Jugendstil manner, illustrating a medieval craftsman or scribe bent over a writing desk with a quill, surrounded by period furnishings including a spinning wheel at the left and decorative scrollwork at the right. The year '1221' — referencing the city's founding — appears in the upper left corner, and the legend 'DIE URKUNDE' is set within a decorative border band along the lower margin. |
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Ansbach's 1921 Notgeld series was designed by Willy Flach, a local artist whose involvement was typical of the broader Notgeld phenomenon — municipalities across Weimar Germany commissioned regional artists partly out of civic pride and partly because the collectible value of attractive notes helped retire them from circulation faster, reducing the actual redemption burden on the issuing town.
The Stadtrat issued these emergency fractional denominations as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small change in supply during the postwar inflationary spiral. By mid-1921, 75 Pfennig in coin was effectively vanishing from daily commerce.