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10 Pfennig Leuchtenburg-Wirtschaft
| Issuer | Leuchtenburg-Wirtschaft (Georg Okage), Kahla, Thuringia |
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| Printer | Buch- und Kunstdruckerei J. P. Himmer, Augsburg |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE 1, GRUPPE A. Gutschein der Leuchtenburg-Wirtschaft Georg Okage Dieser Schein wird auch bei der Bank f. Thüringen Kahla eingelöst. Buch- und Kunstdruckerei J. P. Himmer, Augsburg |
| Reverse description | Bold two-color design in black and yellow with denomination numerals "10" flanking the upper corners. The central vignette, rendered in a vigorous woodcut style, shows a witch astride a broomstick in full flight against a backdrop of leaping flames. The lower portion carries the legend "Walpurgisnacht" in large Gothic blackletter script, followed by the date "30. April" with small decorative ornaments. |
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Georg Okage's Leuchtenburg-Wirtschaft was a restaurant and guest establishment operating at or near the Leuchtenburg castle above Kahla — one of countless small Thuringian businesses that issued their own emergency scrip during the Kleingeldnot of the early 1920s. The Himmer press in Augsburg was a prolific supplier of notgeld to issuers across southern and central Germany, producing runs for many local businesses simultaneously, which kept unit costs low enough for venues that could never have justified bespoke printing.
Kahla-area notgeld is not heavily documented, and Okage's issue in particular remains sparsely catalogued. The commercial rather than municipal origin distinguishes it from the civic series collectors more typically encounter.