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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipalities of Triebes, Hohenleuben, and Langenwetzendorf (Federal state of Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Pflege Reichenfels Gutschein der Gemeinden Triebes Hohenleuben, Langenwetzendorf Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Triebes, den 1. März 1921. Der Stadtgemeindevorstand. Hohenleuben, Der Gemeindevorstand. Langenwetzendorf, Der Gemeindevorstand. |
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| Reverse lettering | nur gültig in Triebes, Burg Reichenfels „Trieb'ser Weber", einst hungrige Gesellen, Konnten durch Fleiss sich jetzt Stadtrecht bestellen; „Striezelleim", aber lässt allseits berichten, Dass man ihm nahm die Stätte zu richten. Einlösbar bei der Stadtkasse Triebes, Hohenleuben und Langenwetzendorf. Otto Henning A.G., Greiz. |
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This is a joint-issue Notgeld, which was uncommon even by the already chaotic standards of early Weimar emergency currency. The three municipalities — Triebes, Hohenleuben, and Langenwetzendorf — are small settlements in the Greiz district of Thuringia, and their pooling of resources to commission a shared note from the local printer Otto Henning A.G. reflects the practical reality of towns too small to fund an independent issue.
1921 sits in the middle of the Kleingeldersatz period, before hyperinflation consumed the currency entirely. Notes from multi-municipality joint issues tend to be underrepresented in collections — fewer were printed, and survivors often bear heavier circulation wear than single-issuer equivalents.