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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Calcar (City of Kalkar) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Orange-ground note with a serrated border in blue-grey. The denomination numeral "75" is rendered in large yellow digits as an underprint across the centre, overlaid by a serial number and a multi-line redemption text in black letterpress. The issuing authority legend "NOTGELD DER STADT CALCAR" appears in bold yellow capitals along the upper margin, with the place-date inscription "CALCAR AM NIEDER-RHEIN IM JAHRE 1922" at lower left, the denomination "PFENNIG" centred at the base, and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Calcar's Baumeister des 15.u.16.Jahrh. 75 Pf. Baumeister Johann Das Rathaus erbaut in den Jahren 1436–1445 Joh. v. Huerben Joh. v. Münster Die St. Nicolai-Pfarrkirche eingeweiht am 3. Mai 1450 Heinr. u. Herm. Kling Joh. v. Langenberg |
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Kalkar — the small Rhine town spelled "Calcar" on its notgeld — issued this 75 Pfennig piece as part of the broader municipal emergency money wave that flooded Germany between 1921 and 1923. By 1922, many towns were commissioning artistically ambitious small-denomination notes less for genuine monetary need and more as collectible series sold directly to the booming notgeld collector market. Whether Kalkar's issue falls into that camp or reflects real small-change shortages is worth considering when assessing its original circulation.
The DeNG reference suffix ".2-4/4" suggests this is one of several variants within the type.