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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Geisa (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#413.1-3/9 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Geisa DIESER GUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIG-KEIT 1 MONAT NACH ORTSÜB- LICHER BEKANNTMACHUNG GEISA 1921 DER STADTGEMEINDE VORSTAND: Uralt und schicksalsreich ist deine Bahn / Volk lern daran und trau auf Gott, mag auch die Zeit noch schwerer werden! DRUCK · J.A. SCHWARZ, LINDENBERG/ALLGÄU |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Geisa "Ich arme Geiß schrey in die Wolken der Krieg hat mich ganz ausgemolken Und was mir's blieb noch ueber Das holten weg's die – Schieber" Ein alt Sprüchlein in neuer Anwendung! |
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Geisa is a small town in the Rhön region, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the inflationary chaos of the early Weimar years when small-denomination coinage had all but vanished from circulation. J. Adolf Schwarz of Lindenberg im Allgäu was a prolific Notgeld printer who supplied dozens of Thuringian and Bavarian municipalities during this period, running what amounted to a cottage industry in local emergency issues.
The DeNG reference distinguishes at least three varieties within this issue, suggesting multiple print runs or color variants — collectors should verify the specific sub-type against the 1/2#413 series breakdown before cataloging.