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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Landgemeinde Thale am Harz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Dark navy blue square note with perforated edges recalling postage stamp format. The large numeral '1' is centrally positioned, flanked on either side by the denomination abbreviation 'Pf.' in smaller type. The issuing authority inscription 'LANDGEMEINDE' appears at the top and 'THALE A.H.' at the bottom, all rendered in white lettering against the dark ground. |
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| Reverse description | Plain dark reverse, unprinted, with the same perforated border visible on all four sides as seen on the obverse, consistent with the stamp-like production format of this emergency currency issue. |
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Thale am Harz was a small industrial town in the Harz region whose municipality issued emergency small-denomination Kleingeldscheine during the coin shortage that gripped Germany following World War I. A 1 Pfennig note is among the lowest denominations produced anywhere in the Weimar-era Notgeld wave — at one Pfennig, the note's face value was essentially symbolic even at the time of issue, reflecting how completely fractional coinage had vanished from everyday commerce by 1921.
The square format is characteristic of the smallest Thale issues in this series, likely a cost-cutting measure at the local printer.