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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lobenstein (Reuss) |
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| Year | 1919-1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark grey-brown on a light guilloche underprint and is enclosed within a ornate dotted border. Denomination numerals '25' appear in framed cartouches at upper left and right, each accompanied by the word 'Pfennige' and a decorative shield motif below. The issuer's name 'Stadt Lobenstein (Reuss)' is set in bold blackletter at the top centre, with the large word 'Gutschein' in elaborate Fraktur script dominating the centre field, followed by the denomination written in full as 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennige'. The date 'Lobenstein, den 15. Sept. 1919' and serial number appear in the lower centre, flanked by two facsimile signatures above the titles 'Bürgermeister' and 'Gemeinderats-Vorsitzender', with cautionary and validity clauses running along the bottom edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Lobenstein Reuss 25 Pf. "Herr, gib Reg'n und Sonnenschein für Greiz, Schleiz und Lobenstein, und wolln die andern auch was ha'n, so mögen sie Dir's selber sa'n" GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN |
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Lobenstein was a small residual principality town in Reuss — one of the fragmented Thuringian micro-states that had only just lost its ruling house when the Reuss princes abdicated in November 1918. The Stadt Lobenstein issued this Notgeld in the chaotic post-war period when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded against uncertainty or melted down. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled an enormous volume of German municipal Notgeld during this window, and their production quality varied considerably depending on the issuing authority's budget.
The 1919–1921 validity span is unusually long for a 25 Pfennig emergency note; most municipal issues were recalled well within a year.