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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rathenow, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and ochre Notgeld note with a decorative Gothic-style border and ornamental corner flourishes. A central rectangular vignette presents a polychrome townscape of Rathenow, with a tall church spire rising above rooftops and foliage reflected in a body of water in the foreground. The denomination "75 Pfennig" appears in Gothic blackletter at upper left and upper right, with the issuing authority inscription "der Magistrat:" below the vignette, followed by two facsimile signatures, and the printer's imprint "Flemming-Wiskott A.G. Glogau" at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Rathenow 75 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird von den städt. Kassen in Rathenow eingelöst. Ungültig drei Monate nach Aufruf in den amtlichen Blättern der Magistrat: WHL FLEMMING-WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU. |
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Rathenow, a small Brandenburg town on the Havel, was already established as the center of Germany's optical instrument industry by 1921 — a fact occasionally reflected in the themed imagery of its Notgeld issues. This 75 Pfennig piece belongs to the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany following the coin shortage that worsened after 1918, with hundreds of small issuers commissioning decorative series partly as collectibles to generate revenue beyond face value.
Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott in Glogau — a printing house with a long track record in securities and commercial work — handled a considerable volume of Notgeld contracts during this period.