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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städte Ruhla (City of Ruhla) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and green on a light ground, with a central rectangular vignette in brown depicting a classical frieze-style scene of figures in ancient dress engaged in physical labour around a wheel or cart. Denomination numerals '25' in green appear at left and right flanking the vignette, with the legend 'Gültig nur' and 'in Ruhla.' repeated at upper and lower corners. A black hand-stamped serial number is printed at the top, and a three-line redemption clause in German script appears below the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Gültig nur in Ruhla. 25 25 Gültig nur in Ruhla. Die Städte Ruhla verpflichten sich zur Einlösung innerhalb eines Jahres nach Friedensschluß. Diese Verpflichtung erlischt nach Ablauf eines weiteren Jahres. |
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Ruhla's 1918 Notgeld emission belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany after the imperial government authorized local issuers to cover the small-denomination coin shortage caused by wartime metal requisitioning. Ruhla itself was a watchmaking town in Thuringia — an industrial identity that occasionally surfaced in local Notgeld design choices, though the series varied widely across issues.
The Gra#R57.1a reference places this within Grabowski's Notgeld catalog, with the Va#6300.05.05.5 cross-reference into Venker's regional listings. Multiple paper variants exist within the R57 group, and the "1a" designation indicates a specific paper stock or printing detail — minor differences that matter disproportionately to completists chasing the full Ruhla run.