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2 Pfennig Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse
| Issuer | Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Weimar |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Plain grey cardboard-stock Gutschein with a simple single-line rectangular border frame. Text in Gothic (Fraktur) letterpress reads the denomination and date of issue, with the issuing institution named below. No vignette or ornamental underprint is present. |
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| Reverse description | Plain grey cardboard stock bearing a single circular green stamp vignette at centre, showing a rampant lion within a circular legend. No additional border or printed text outside the stamp impression. |
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The Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse — the general local health insurance fund — was an unlikely currency issuer, but the Notgeld emergency of 1921 pulled in institutions far outside the banking sector. Weimar's AOK issued this fractional note to address the chronic shortage of small change that plagued German commerce during the inflationary spiral following World War I. Municipal authorities, private firms, even sports clubs printed their own Notgeld; a health insurer doing so was unremarkable by that point.
At 2 Pfennig, this is among the lowest denominations produced in the entire Notgeld period.