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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberweißbach (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Pale green vertically lined underprint carries three interlocking circular vignettes: left and right medallions frame Fröbels Geburtshaus and Fröbel-Turm respectively within oak-leaf-and-acorn wreaths, while the central medallion bears the bold numeral '25' over 'Pfennig'. Pine bough and cone ornaments flank the composition; Gothic blackletter legends above and below include the heading, place-date, validity clause, and a facsimile signature of the Gemeindevorstand. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 25 Pfennig Fröbels Geburtshaus Fröbel-Turm Oberweißbach, den 1. Juli 1921. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach ortsüblichem Aufruf zur Einlösung. Der Gemeindevorstand: |
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Oberweißbach is a small village in the Thuringian Forest best known as the birthplace of Friedrich Fröbel, who invented the kindergarten. The municipality issued this Notgeld during the postwar small-change famine of 1921, when coin metal was being hoarded across Germany and even the most minor transactions required locally printed substitutes. The Wiedemannsche Druckerei in Saalfeld handled emergency currency for numerous Thuringian communities during this period — a regional print shop doing the work that the Reichsbank couldn't be bothered with at this scale.