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| Emittent | Magistrat der Stadt Brakel |
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| Jahr | 1921 |
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| Währung | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Dark blue letterpress on white paper. The denomination '75' appears at left and 'Pf' at right, flanking a central vignette of the Brakel city coat of arms — a Gothic gateway with shield — set within a decorative cartouche with wheat-ear borders. A four-line verse in Low German occupies the upper central field, with the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' and two manuscript signatures at lower right; the date 'Brakel, d. 1. Juni 1921' and validity inscription 'Gültig bis zum 1. März 1922' appear at lower left. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Warm ochre-yellow background with three framed vignettes depicting local Brakel architectural landmarks: at left a half-timbered house, at centre the Gothic collegiate church of St. Michael set amid trees, and at right a multi-storey baroque townhouse. Each vignette carries a Latin motto on a ribbon below. The denomination '75' in blue appears at lower left and 'Pfg.' in blue at lower right, with a polychrome floral ornament centred between them. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Brakel is a small Westphalian market town, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency produced across Germany as coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible in the postwar inflation period. The Magistrat — the town council — was the issuing authority, a common arrangement that gave hundreds of minor German municipalities brief careers as currency printers.
Local printing in Brakel kept costs down but also kept quality modest. The DeNG reference distinguishes at least two varieties within this denomination, suggesting the Magistrat ran more than one print run or used slightly differing paper stock.