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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Münchenbernsdorf (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0911.3-2/4 |
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| Obverse lettering | Der Mönch von Münchenbernsdorf 25 Der Zeitpunkt mit dem die Gültigkeit abläuft wird in der hiesigen Allgemeinen Zeitung bekannt gemacht. Münchenbernsdorf i. Thür. den 1. September 1921. Der Stadtgemeindevorstand Bürgermeister. Notgeld der Stadt Münchenbernsdorf 25 Pfennig |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 Pf. Die Kneipe nach der Sitzung. Bei ihm war es auch Sitt und Brauch, Was eingeschenkt ist, trinkt man auch. Münchenbernsdorf und die Sage vom Advokatensteig. Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder, Gera-R. |
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Münchenbernsdorf is a small market town in the Greiz district, and this note is one of hundreds of Thuringian municipal issues that flooded into local circulation during the 1921 small-change shortage — a direct consequence of postwar coin hoarding and metal scarcity. Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder in nearby Gera handled a substantial volume of Notgeld commissions from smaller Thuringian communities during this period, which kept production costs low for towns with limited municipal budgets.
The DeNG reference suffix distinguishes individual notes within the Münchenbernsdorf series, suggesting the town issued at least four distinct pieces under this emergency authority.