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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Ansbach, City of (Stadtrat Ansbach) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 PFENNIG JUBILÄUMS-NOTGELD DER KREISHAUPTSTADT ANSBACH NUR MIT DER AMTL. NUMMER GILTIG BIS AUF WIDERRUF STADTRAT 12·8·21 RECHTSK·1·BÜRGERMEISTER 1221 1921 WILLY FLACH |
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| Reverse lettering | 1805 BERNADOTTE |
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Ansbach's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency — the so-called "Serienscheine" phase, when towns discovered that collectors, not merchants, were the real market. Willy Flach's involvement as designer points to a locally commissioned piece rather than a generic fill-in job from a commercial printer, which was common enough that most Franconian Notgeld is artistically interchangeable.
The signatory, Dr. W. Burkholder, held the title of "Rechtsk. 1. Bürgermeister" — a legally qualified first mayor, a distinction that mattered in Bavarian municipal governance at the time. His signature gave the note its formal validity under the city council's authority.