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90 Pfennig Kieler Herbstwoche für Kunst und Wissenschaft
| Issuer | Stadt Kiel (City of Kiel) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Teal-ground reverse in the same woodcut graphic style, with the large denomination numerals '90' formed by the sinuous interlocked bodies of Kiel sprats rendered in orange and black against a maritime harbour scene of sailing vessels and a red-hulled steam paddle-boat on a choppy sea, with a harbour beacon at lower left. The denomination abbreviation 'Pf.' appears in Gothic script at upper right, and the legend 'Kieler Sprotten' is set in bold Gothic lettering across the lower portion of the note within a double-rule border. |
| Reverse lettering | 90 Pf. Kieler Sprotten |
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Kiel's 1921 arts and science week — the Herbstwoche für Kunst und Wissenschaft — was one of several municipal cultural festivals that German cities used during the Weimar inflation years to project civic identity while the currency collapsed around them. Notgeld issued as event souvenirs was openly commercial by this point; collectors were the intended audience, not wage earners making purchases.
Gebrüder Parcus of Munich printed a large volume of high-quality Serienscheine for German municipalities in this period, and their production values show. The unusual 90 Pfennig denomination has no practical monetary logic — it exists to complete a set.