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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schmiedefeld (Municipality of Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion carries a central circular vignette surrounded by a wreath, enclosing a cock perched on a mound, with the legend 'Gemeinde Schmiedefeld' around the inner border; flanking the vignette are detailed illustrations of glass-industry laboratory apparatus — flasks, burettes, thermometers, and cylinders — referencing the town's glassmaking trade. The denomination '25 Pfennig' appears in bold Gothic blackletter in the lower-left and lower-right corners, with a guilloche underprint band running across the lower register beneath the issuing authority inscription and manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorstand. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Schmiedefeld Notgeld der Gemeinde Schmiedefeld Glasindustrie- u. Luftkurort 720 m.ü.d.M. Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf Schmiedefeld i/ Thüringen Gemeindevorstand 25 Pfennig |
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Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig is a small village in the Thuringian Forest, and like hundreds of German municipalities during the acute coin shortage of 1917–1923, it issued its own Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — when metal coinage essentially vanished from circulation. These municipal Notgeld issues were printed locally wherever capacity existed; Graphische Werkstätten in nearby Ilmenau handled a number of Thuringian communal commissions during this period.
The 25 Pfennig denomination was among the most practical for everyday transactions, which is precisely why surviving examples tend to show genuine wear rather than the collector-preserved condition common to the more decorative later Serienscheine issued purely for the philatelic trade.