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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kirchengemeinde Stockelsdorf (Parish of Stockelsdorf) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green note printed in black with a bold expressionist vignette occupying the upper field: two stylized angel figures in ceremonial robes, arms raised, flank a central rectangular cartouche bearing the denomination '75 PF' in large block lettering. Below the vignette, the issuer name 'KIRCHENGEMEINDE STOCKELSDORF' is set in widely-spaced letterpress capitals, followed by a narrow band carrying the redemption date legend and the designer's name 'GRÖNING' at lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | HERRENHAUS/ G |
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Stockelsdorf is a small community just outside Lübeck, and this 75 Pfennig note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities, guilds, churches, and civic bodies between 1918 and 1922. That a parish — a Kirchengemeinde — issued its own emergency scrip is less unusual than it sounds; local institutions of all kinds stepped in when the Reichsbank could not adequately supply small denomination coinage during the inflationary spiral following the First World War.
The designer credit to Gröning is the one detail worth preserving. Parish-issued Notgeld with a named designer is uncommon enough that the attribution likely reflects local civic pride rather than professional commission.