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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Triptis (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown and pink, framed by a simple rectangular border. A bold black header panel at the top carries the white denomination inscription '25 PFENNIG'. The central pictorial vignette presents an allegorical composition contrasting industry and agriculture: a factory worker with a tool stands to the left before an industrial backdrop of machinery and factory buildings, while a farm labourer rests against a scythe amid harvested crops to the right; at centre, three circular medallions display trade and craft emblems, and a small putto figure appears at the base of the industrial scene. The printer's imprint 'C. Herrmann, Meßbach' is inscribed in the lower right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 PFENNIG C. HERRMANN, MESSBACH |
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Triptis is a small town in Thuringia, and this 25 Pfennig Notgeld piece is about as local as emergency currency gets — printed by C. Herrmann in the nearby village of Meßbach rather than any regional commercial press. The near-square format is a consequence of cost-cutting in paper allocation during the inflationary period, not a design choice.
The April 30, 1945 print date is worth pausing on: that is the day Hitler died in Berlin, and within days the war in Europe was effectively over. Whether this issue ever reached circulation in any meaningful sense is doubtful.