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20 Pfennig Kleinkunstindustrie Carl Günther Tresselt
| Issuer | Carl Günther Tresselt, Großbreitenbach (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 31 July 1922 |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note is dominated by large ornate Gothic calligraphic numerals and the denomination '20 Pfg' in blue letterpress, flanking a central red-printed vignette of the figure of Mercury holding a caduceus. Below a horizontal rule, a four-line redemption text block in red Gothic type states the conditions of validity, names the Bank Darlehenskassenverein Großbreitenbach as the depository institution, and cites the expiry date of 31 July 1922; a hand-written serial number appears at lower left with the issuer's manuscript signature at lower right. Vertical red letterpress legends run along the side borders, and small-type credits reading 'Entwurf Paul Neu München' and 'Druck C.O. Heyder Gehren' are printed along the lower margin. |
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| Signature(s) | Carl Günther Tresselt |
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Großbreitenbach sits in the Ilm district of Thuringia, a region with a long tradition of small-scale craft industry — Kleinkunstindustrie literally — and this note was issued by a local commercial enterprise rather than a municipality or bank. The 1921 date places it squarely in the second wave of German Notgeld, when private businesses, not just towns, were producing emergency currency partly out of necessity and partly because the collector market had made it financially worthwhile to do so.
Paul Neu of Munich contributed designs to multiple Notgeld series during this period, and Carl O. Heyder in nearby Gehren was a regional printer who handled a number of Thuringian issues.