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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Gebesee |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Gebesee Laurentiuskirche 25 Pfennig Der Zeitpunkt mit dem die Gültigkeit dieses Scheines abläuft, wird öffentlich angezeigt. Zeigt: Gebesee, den 14. Okt. 21. Der Magistrat. Färber Waid Offsetdruck Arthur Kirchner, Erfurt. |
| Reverse description | Printed in green and black on cream paper, the reverse presents a full-face woodcut-style illustration of Saint Boniface standing in a landscape, his right hand raised in blessing and his left holding a tall processional cross, with a group of kneeling figures gathered at his feet. A cartouche in the upper left corner reads '731 u. Chr.' (731 AD), and the rivers 'Unstrut' and 'Gera' are labelled in the background landscape. A three-line verse in German Gothic script occupies a ruled panel at the foot of the design, and the engraver's credit 'A. Hanf – Erfurt' appears below the lower border. |
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Gebesee is a small town in Thuringia, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, its local magistrate issued Notgeld to plug the chronic shortage of small-denomination coins that had plagued Germany since the war years. The inflation spiral that would peak catastrophically in 1923 was already well underway; Reichsbank metal coinage had essentially vanished from everyday commerce through hoarding and export, forcing town councils to act unilaterally.
Arthur Kirchner's Erfurt print shop produced a large volume of regional Notgeld during this period, serving numerous Thuringian municipalities. The DeNG reference distinguishes two sub-variants (.1 and .2) within this type.