75 Pfennigs

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.