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75 Pfennig - Höhr
| Issuer | Municipality of Höhr |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Porcelain (blue) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the raised numeral '75' in stylized script accompanied by a decorative flourish, beneath which the word 'Notgeld' appears in bold relief lettering, followed by 'von Höhr' and '/Coblen' in the lower central field. The legend 'im Kannenbäckerland' encircles the design along the inner border. The entire composition is framed by a continuous border of raised triangular tooth-like projections, characteristic of Weimar-era German porcelain Notgeld. The cobalt-blue glazed surface lends the piece its distinctive ceramic character. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1921 Gott der Schöpfer War der erste Töpfer |
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Höhr, a small town in the Westerwald region of Germany, had been a center of stoneware and ceramic production for centuries when the postwar coin shortage forced municipalities to issue their own emergency money — Notgeld — in whatever materials they could source locally. Porcelain coinage was a practical solution for Westerwald towns in a way it simply wasn't elsewhere. The glaze color distinguishes denominations within the series; blue identifies this value specifically.
Porcelain Notgeld generally saw limited actual circulation, making surviving pieces more likely to show handling damage from collectors than from commerce.