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99 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Wittenburg (City of Wittenburg, Mecklenburg) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| In circulation to | Johannis 1922 |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-ground note with blue and green decorative Art Nouveau borders; the central vignette presents a detailed letterpress view of the Steintor (stone gate) of Wittenburg framed within an arched cartouche, captioned 'DAS STEINTOR ZU WITTENBURG'. The denomination '99 Pf' appears in large numerals at upper left and right corners. Below the vignette, the issuing authority text reads 'KLEINSCHECK DER STADT WITTENBURG i. MECKLBG.' with validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS JOHANNIS 1922, WITTENBURG, D. 20. JAN. 1922', and three manuscript signature lines for municipal officials appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | ANNO 1763 SECHZEHN VIERSPÄNNIGE WAGEN MUSSTEN UNTER SCHARFER WACHT DAS LOESEGELD VON EINER MILLION THALER AUS SCHWERIN UEBER WITTENBURG GEN BOIZENBURG SCHAFFEN. - DA ERST LIESSEN DIE BRAUNSCHWEIGER STADT UND LAND WITTENBURG FREI: DE HARDEN DALERS SÜND NIK MIHR NU MAK WI NOTGELD UT PAPIER! H. PINKEPANK |
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Wittenburg's 99 Pfennig note is a product of the German Kleingeldersatz emergency — the acute coin shortage of the early Weimar period that pushed hundreds of small municipalities into issuing their own fractional paper. The odd denomination was deliberate: 99 Pfennig sat just below the 1 Mark threshold that triggered stricter Reichsbank oversight of local emergency issues, a loophole many towns quietly exploited.
H. Pinkepank, a local printer rather than one of the major Notgeld houses, handled both design and production — which accounts for the distinctly parochial character of the issue.