25 Pfennig, Kreis Wittlich, 1919
Gutschein des Kreises Wittlich
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This copy
- Accession
- OM-00728
- Series year
- 1919
- Actually issued
- 1919
- Signatures
- This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
- Grade
- UNC (IBNS)
As issued: full body, square corners, bright unfaded ink and no fold through the design. Estimated from the 600 dpi archival scan, which shows folds, soiling and edge condition but not paper crispness, pinholes, pressing or small repairs.
- Estimated value
- $10 indicative
Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-24.
- Dimensions
- 91.5 × 52 mm (±0.5, from the scan)
- Themes
- NotgeldWeimar RepublicRhinelandLocal view
The type
- Type
- 25 Pfennig, Kreis Wittlich, 1919
- Rarity
- common
Inscriptions
Dieser Gutschein wird vom Kreise Wittlich durch die Kreiskommunalkasse in Zahlung genommen. Der allgemeine Einloesungstermin tritt drei Monate nach vorheriger Bekanntgabe im Wittlicher Kreisblatt ein.
This voucher is taken in payment by the district of Wittlich through the district treasury. General redemption falls three months after prior notice in the Wittlich district gazette.
Symbology
- The Wittlich district arms
- A crowned shield with two crossed keys in a field of grapevines, for the Eifel wine country.
- Abtei Himmerod
- The Cistercian abbey of Himmerod in the forest north of Wittlich, on the back.
What was happening
Notgeld began in 1914 out of necessity: coin vanished into hoards within weeks of mobilisation and towns printed their own small change because the Reichsbank could not supply enough.
By 1920 much of it had become collector's material - Serienscheine, lithographed sets printed far beyond any local need and illustrated with whatever the place was proud of: a legend, a famous son, a local view, a political grievance. The result is the most inventive body of graphic design in the history of paper money, made as Germany's currency was dying.
Wittlich is a small wine town on the Lieser in the Eifel, west of the Mosel, the seat of a Prussian Landkreis in the Rhine Province. This 25-Pfennig note is a district Verkehrsausgabe of 15 September 1919, issued by the Kreisausschuss and taken in payment through the Kreiskommunalkasse until three months after public notice in the Wittlicher Kreisblatt.
The face carries the district arms - a crowned shield with two crossed keys in a field of vines, for the Eifel wine country - and the back an oval view of Abtei Himmerod, the Cistercian abbey in the forest north of the town.
This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 25 Pfennig, Kreis Wittlich, 1919 in the collection.
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