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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Meura (Municipality of Meura), Thuringia |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Merzdorf & Frosch, Saalfeld a. S., Germany |
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| Obverse description | Orange and cream Notgeld note with a central circular vignette of the Angerlinde, a large linden tree beside a half-timbered building and a fence, captioned 'Angerlinde' below. The issuer name 'Meura · Thür.Wald.' is printed in Gothic script across the top, flanked by the denomination '25' in circular cartouches at left and right, each accompanied by the word 'Fünfundzwanzig' and 'Pfennig' in Gothic lettering. The date '1 Mai 1921' appears at upper left, a serial number at lower left, the year '1921' at bottom centre, and a manuscript signature with 'Gem. Vorstand' at lower right; the validity clause 'Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf' and 'Ausgabe A' appear in the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse in green, gold, and cream with a large quatrefoil centrepiece bearing the denomination '25 Pfennig' in bold Gothic script over the municipal coat of arms of Meura, which shows a rising sun and sunflower on a blue field, inscribed 'EDM. A. KOOL' below the shield. Panoramic vignettes of the Thuringian Forest landscape — wooded valleys with a winding road — occupy the left and right panels. The issuer inscription 'Gemeinde Meura. / Thüringer Wald.' is set in Gothic type at the upper corners, and a four-line patriotic verse in Gothic script is distributed across the lower portion of the note. |
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Meura is a village in the Thuringian Forest, and in 1921 it was small enough that its notgeld issue was printed just down the road in Saalfeld by Merzdorf & Frosch — a local commercial printer with no particular specialization in currency work. That proximity was typical of Thuringian small-denomination emergency money: municipalities went to whoever was nearby and willing.
The 1921 wave of German municipal notgeld was driven less by genuine coin shortage — which had peaked earlier — and more by the collector market that had developed around the series. Many issues from this period were printed in quantities far exceeding local need, effectively functioning as philatelic merchandise from the outset.