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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberhof (Oberhof, Thuringia), Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The upper portion of the reverse carries a full-colour landscape vignette in chromolithographic style, presenting the Herzog-Ernst-Denkmal — a carved rock relief portrait monument — set within a Thuringian forest scene of conifers, a rocky waterfall, and grazing deer, captioned Herzog-Ernst Denkmal above. A blue panel to the left bears the denomination 20 Pfg. in yellow Gothic script, while a broad dark-brown band across the lower third carries the bold white Gothic inscription Notgeld / der Gemeinde Oberhof i. Thür., with a subtitle identifying the resort and winter-sports location at 825 metres above sea level. |
| Reverse lettering | Herzog-Ernst Denkmal 20 Pfg. Notgeld der Gemeinde Oberhof i. Thür. Kurort- und Wintersportplatz – 825 m. ü. d. M. |
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Oberhof notgeld from the 1921 wave is rarely worth much individual attention, but the Aug. Heinecke printing house in Rudolstadt produced work for dozens of Thuringian municipalities during the small-change crisis and maintained a notably consistent registration quality for a regional operation under severe material constraints. The series reference Gra#996.4-6/18 suggests this is one of three denominations in a set of eighteen notes — an unusually large issue for a town of Oberhof's size.
Oberhof had roughly 800 permanent residents at the time, inflated seasonally by winter tourism.