Catalog
75 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse Freienohl (Municipality of Freienohl, Prussian province of Westphalia) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note printed entirely in dark blue in a bold Fraktur (blackletter) typeface throughout. The heading 'Notgeldschein' runs across the top in large script lettering, with 'der Freiheit Freienohl im Sauerland' arranged in the line below. The central vignette consists of a circular municipal seal bearing a shield with the letter 'S', flanked on either side by the payment pledge text; the Amtmann and Gemeindevorsteher signatures appear at the base, with the serial number centred between them. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Freiheit Freienohl im Sauerland / Die Gemeindekasse Freienohl zahlt dem Einlieferer den Wert dieses Scheines bis einen Monat nach erfolgter Aufrufung / Der Amtmann: Der Gemeindevorsteher: / No 05269 |
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Freienohl is a small village on the Ruhr river, administratively part of Meschede. Like hundreds of Westphalian municipalities, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany from roughly 1916 onward. The 75 Pfennig denomination is slightly unusual; most municipal series stuck to round figures of 25, 50, and 100.
Gemeindekasse issues of this type were redeemable locally and had no standing outside the issuing community. Redemption was never guaranteed once the issuing authority dissolved or the economic crisis shifted.