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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Tiefurt (Municipality of Tiefurt, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 July 1922 |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted Notgeld note with a decorative border of interlaced leaf-and-dot motifs in black and red. At centre, an oval cameo vignette of Duchess Anna Amalia in left-facing profile, framed by a red-beaded oval surround and flanked by two red ribbon bows; the legend HERZOGIN · ANNA · AMALIE · encircles the portrait. The issuer name GEMEINDE TIEFURT is set in large black letterpress type above the vignette, with NOTGELD above that. Below, a cursive Goethe–Faust quotation surrounds the denomination numeral 25 Pf in red; the issue date TIEFURT, 1. AUG. 1921, a serial number, and validity inscription GÜLTIG BIS 1. JULI 1922 appear at the foot, flanked by two facsimile signatures over the titles GEMEINDE-VORSTAND and GEMEINDERATS-VORS. The designer's signature M. W. Schulz appears in the upper right corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | Hier wohnt Stille des Herzens. Goldene Bilder steigen aus der Gewässer klarem Dunkel. Hörbar waltet am Quell der leise Fittich segnender Götter. Anna Amalie 1780 |
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Tiefurt is a village east of Weimar, best known for the summer residence of Duchess Anna Amalia and its association with the Weimar Classicist circle — Goethe, Schiller, Wieland, Herder all passed through. That the municipality issued its own emergency currency in 1921 says less about local ambition than about the practical collapse of small-denomination coinage during Germany's postwar inflation spiral. Gemeinde-level Notgeld of this period was often as much a collectible souvenir as a functional payment instrument; many Thuringian municipalities deliberately issued artistically attractive notes knowing they'd rarely return for redemption.
Wiedemannsche Druckerei in Saalfeld handled a considerable volume of regional Notgeld commissions during this period. Designer credit to M. W. Schulz is noted in the printing.