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2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Markt-Gemeinde Thannhausen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 5/6#T8.5b |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed notgeld on blue-tinted paper stock, the central field enclosed within a chain-link border. The large Gothic numeral "2" occupies the centre, with the denomination "Pfennig" lettered below it in blackletter typeface; the issuer name is divided between the upper band "Markt-Gemeinde" and the lower band "Thannhausen", both likewise in blackletter. |
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| Obverse lettering | Markt-Gemeinde 2 Pfennig Thannhausen |
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Thannhausen is a small market town in Bavarian Swabia, and this note is a product of the notgeld wave that swept German municipalities in 1920 — a period when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded by a public that had watched metal values climb. Market communes like Thannhausen issued their own emergency fractions in quantities that matched local need, which is why denominations this small exist at all.
The DeNG cataloguing suffix "b" indicates a recognized variant — likely a paper stock or shade distinction within the T8.5 type sequence.