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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Celle, City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | A large central vignette rendered in a bold linear illustrative style presents a view of the Celle Stadtkirche (town church), with its distinctive rounded dome tower rising above surrounding civic buildings amid bare trees, printed in black on white. The denomination "75" appears in teal numerals at lower left and right, flanking a central text panel listing four public buildings. The yellow-orange letterpress border carries the series title at top and the series subtitle at bottom, with the printer's imprint in small text at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Celler Quartett Stadtkirche Rathaus– Schloss– Strafanstalt I. Öffentliche Bauten 75 Pfg (Translation: Celler Quartet Town Church – Town Hall – Castle – Penitentiary I. Public Buildings 75 Pfennig) |
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Celle's municipal notgeld from 1922 falls into the second wave of German emergency coinage — by this point the Reichsbank had already lost effective control of small denomination circulation, and hundreds of German towns were issuing their own paper to fill the gap left by hoarded coins. Eduard Binder was a local Celle printer, not a specialist banknote house, which accounts for the relatively modest production values typical of provincial notgeld from this period.
The three-digit reference suffix (.1a-3/4) suggests multiple variants exist within this issue — likely distinguishable by serial number ranges or minor typographic differences.