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99 Pfennig
| Issuer | Verkehrsvereine Bad Honnef und Rhöndorf |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in fine line-engraving style presents a panoramic view of the Drachenfels ruin (Ruine Drachenfels) with a sweeping upstream Rhine valley vista, drawn by W. Redeligx of Rhöndorf. The lower centre bears the coloured municipal coat of arms of Bad Honnef flanked by vignettes of dwarfs and woodland scenes, with the serial number and denomination '99 Pfg.' in ornate Gothic letterpress to the left. Extended columns of verse in black-letter script occupy the left and right margins, and validity and redemption instructions appear to the lower right alongside manuscript signatures, all within a double-ruled border. |
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| Obverse lettering | gez. W. Redeligx Rhöndorf Ruine Drachenfels mit Blick rheinaufwärts No. 284931 99 Pfg. Der Gutschein wird eingelöst bei allen Honnefer Geldinstituten Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufruf i. d. Honnefer Volkszeitung. Verkehrsvereine: Bad Honnef und Rhöndorf 1.10.1921 Vom Drachenfels die Grafen, die trugen einen Ring Der ihres Berg's ein Körnlein als Edelstein umfing Soweit in fremde Länder ein Drachenfelser ritt Er nahm in seinem Goldreif ein Stückchen Heimat mit Und ob im Völkermeere du fern verschlagen auch Auch dich kann wohl behüten, der rheinschen Grafen Brauch Ein Stückchen rheinschen Frohsinn's bewahr's im Busen rein So wird mit dir die Heimat allweg verbunden sein In den sieben Bergen bei den sieben Zwergen |
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Bad Honnef and Rhöndorf were neighboring Rhine towns that jointly issued this Notgeld during the severe small-change shortage of 1921 — an unusual collaboration between two distinct Verkehrsvereine, the local tourism and civic promotion associations that frequently served as Notgeld issuers when municipal bodies couldn't or wouldn't act. The 99 Pfennig denomination is itself a quirk: issuers occasionally chose odd values to plug specific gaps in circulation, and 99 Pf sits just below the 1-Mark threshold that would have triggered different regulatory scrutiny.
With over twelve million copies printed, this was a high-volume issue — far above what local circulation required, suggesting deliberate production for the Notgeld collector market that was booming simultaneously.