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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipality of Igelshieb (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE 25 1. APRIL 1921 IGELSHIEB 25 DER GEMEINDEVORSTAND 25 |
| Reverse description | Light blue vertically lined underprint with a gold-brown border. The central vignette, set within a diamond-shaped frame, presents a ski jumper in mid-flight above a coniferous forest landscape, reflecting the winter sports character of the Thuringian highland municipality. A gold circular cartouche at the base bears the denomination 25 PFENNIG, with a gold banner inscribed FÜNFUNDZWANZIG arching above the vignette, and the denomination numeral 25 repeated in each corner; the printer's imprint AUG. HEINECKE RUDOLSTADT appears in small text at the lower right. |
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Igelshieb is a small village in the Thuringian Forest — the kind of settlement that would never have appeared in a numismatic catalog under ordinary circumstances. Its Notgeld issue exists entirely because the Reichsbank's currency supply collapsed under postwar inflation in 1921, forcing even the smallest municipalities to print emergency denominations locally to keep commerce moving. Aug. Heinecke in Rudolstadt handled dozens of these small regional commissions during this period; the firm was well-positioned geographically to serve scattered Thuringian communities that lacked access to larger printing houses.
The hyperinflation that would render all such notes worthless was still two years away.