Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kaltennordheim (Thuringia), City of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 81 × 54 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Fünfundzwanzig Pfennige DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VIER WOCHEN NACH ORTSÜBLICHER BEKANNTMACHUNG UNGÜLTIG. Kaltennordheim 20. Nov. 1920 Der Gemeindevorstand R.G. WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.-G. SAALFELD THÜR. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | DAS ALTE STÜRZT, ES ÄNDERT SICH DIE ZEIT KALTENNORDHEIM 25 Pf. UND NEUES LEBEN BLÜHT AUS DEN RUINEN |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Kaltennordheim is a small town in the Rhön highlands, and this 25 Pfennig note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities in 1920 as coin shortages persisted well beyond the armistice. The Wiedemannsche Druckerei in Saalfeld handled Notgeld contracts for numerous Thuringian communities during this period — their output was competent and consistent, which makes individual municipal issues from this printer difficult to distinguish at a glance without checking the issuing authority text.
The single signatory, Hehnbold, was almost certainly a local municipal official rather than a bank officer — Kaltennordheim had no independent banking institution of note at the time.