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75 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Wilsnack |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1#1433.1 |
| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of the Wilsnack spa and sanatorium complex with promenading figures in the grounds; a decorative ribbon scroll above carries the town name in Fraktur script. Denomination numeral '75' in white on dark corner panels flanks two circular medallions bearing the town and church seals in rose-red. Lower margin carries validity date and Bürgermeister signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Luftkurort und Eisenmoorbad Wilsnack Fünfundsiebzig Pfennig Wilsnack gültig bis 20. Juni 1922 Der Magistrat Bürgermeister |
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Wilsnack — officially Bad Wilsnack after 1905 — was a small Brandenburg spa town whose medieval pilgrimage church had drawn travelers since the 14th century. By 1922 it was issuing Notgeld like hundreds of other German municipalities, the hyperinflationary spiral having made Reichsbank coin and small denomination notes functionally useless for daily transactions. The Magistrat's 75 Pfennig note fills a gap that no central authority was adequately covering.
The 75 Pfennig denomination is worth noting — it appears less frequently than the 25, 50, and 100 Pfennig values that dominate most municipal Notgeld series, suggesting this was either a late addition or addressed a specific local pricing need.