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75 Pfennig Kultur und Sportwoche Hamburg
| Issuer | Hamburg, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse lettering | 12.-24. AUGUST 1921 KULTU R u. SPORT-WOCHE HAMBURG DIESER GUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT WENN ER NICHT BIS ZUM 1. OKTOBER 1921 BEI DER GESCHÄFTSSTELLE DER KULTUR u. SPORTWOCHE HAPAG NEU- BAU EINGELÖST IST. AUSGABE A 81.- 90. TAUSEND 75 PF. DIE GESCHÄFTSFÜHRUNG: |
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| Reverse lettering | Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär... 75 PF. Deutschlands Handels-Flagge sei schwarz-weiß-rot |
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Hamburg's 1921 Kultur und Sportwoche notgeld series was issued to commemorate a specific municipal cultural and sports festival — a common pretext among German cities in the early 1920s for producing collectible emergency currency that was never seriously intended for ordinary commerce. Collectors drove demand, and issuers like Hamburg obliged, sometimes printing quantities far exceeding any plausible local circulation need.
Coutinho u. Meyer was a Hamburg printing house active in the notgeld boom, handling several local municipal commissions during this period. The 82 × 62 mm format was a practical choice for the printer's sheet layout, not a denomination-specific standard.