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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Großbreitenbach (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Carl O. Heyder, Gehren, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Tan paper ground with the city name 'Großbreitenbach in Thüringen' rendered in large red Fraktur script across the upper half, surmounted by the legend 'Notgeld der Stadt' in smaller red Gothic lettering. The town church steeple rises centrally behind the municipal coat of arms, which is flanked by two decorative cornucopiae overflowing with foliage and fruit. The denomination '20 Pf' appears in bold red Gothic numerals at centre, with a validity clause in small script to the left and the date 'Großbreitenbach, den 20 Aug. 1921' alongside two manuscript signatures for Der Magistrat and Der Gemeinderat to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Großbreitenbach in Thüringen 20 Pf Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrates zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Großbreitenbach, den 20 Aug. 1921 Der Magistrat Der Gemeinderat |
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Großbreitenbach is a small Thuringian town in the Ilm-Kreis, and this note is a product of the Kleingeldersatz emergency — the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in 1921 as inflation ate through the purchasing power of metal coinage faster than the Reichsbank could respond. Hundreds of municipalities across Thuringia issued their own Notgeld in this period, and Carl O. Heyder in nearby Gehren was a natural choice for local commissions, handling print runs for several surrounding communities.
Designer P. Neu is otherwise little documented in the Notgeld literature.