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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Gera (City of Gera, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 68 × 44 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | №049903 Gutschein der Stadt Gera 25 Pfennig Der Oberbürgermeister Ausgegeben im Jahre 1920. |
| Reverse description | Plain brown-printed reverse on a wavy-line guilloche underprint background, centred on a large circular medallion enclosing the coat of arms of the city of Gera — a heraldic lion passant on a divided shield — surrounded by an elaborate engine-turned border of concentric ornamental rings. Two flanking circular rosette medallions, each bearing the denomination numeral '25', are positioned to the left and right of the central arms vignette. |
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Gera's 1920 Kleingeldscheine were a direct response to the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany in the immediate postwar years — silver had been hoarded or melted, and the Reichsbank could not produce fractional coinage fast enough to meet demand. Municipalities across Germany were legally empowered to fill the gap themselves, and hundreds did. Gera was among the more prolific Thuringian issuers.
Local printing kept costs down but quality variable. Paper stocks used by smaller city issuers in this period are often acidic and prone to toning, which affects survivability more than handling does.