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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Langensalza |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | A. Leusch |
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| Obverse lettering | LANGENSALZA 25 Pf. DIESES NOTGELD IST ZUR VERMEIDUNG DER UNGÜLTIGKEIT AM 1. Sept. 1921 BEI DER STADTHAUPT-KASSE ZUR EINLÖSUNG VORZULEGEN. LANGENSALZA 1921 DER MAGISTRAT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a deep green ground with gold and white decorative scroll-work filling the corners and upper border. At centre, an oval vignette encloses a finely detailed black-and-brown view of the Schwefelbad (sulphur bath), a historic spa building in Langensalza, set among tall trees. The oval is surrounded by a white laurel wreath with gold ribbon bows. The denomination numeral "25" appears four times in dark red at each corner of the field, and a rectangular cartouche at the base of the vignette bears the inscription "Schwefelbad" in red. The artist's signature "A. LEUSCH" is inscribed in small letters at the lower edge of the vignette. |
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Langensalza — now Bad Langensalza in Thuringia — issued this Notgeld piece during the severe coin shortages that plagued German municipalities in the early Weimar years. Local administrations across Germany were effectively forced to print their own fractional currency when the Reichsbank could not supply sufficient small change, a situation that lasted well into 1922 before central authorities finally reasserted control over low-denomination circulation.
A. Leusch is credited as designer — an attribution rarely seen on Notgeld of this type, suggesting the city took unusual care with the commission rather than reusing a stock template.