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25 Pfennig Goethe Series - Issue 2
| Issuer | Stadt Pößneck (City of Pößneck), Thuringia |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Aus: Terpsichore. Goethe: Hermann und Dorothea: 2 Hermann. als Ihr uns heut' auf diesen Wegen erblicket. Noch nicht bin ich gewohnt, vom fremden die Gaben zu heischen, die er oft ungern gibt, um los zu werden den Armen. Aber mich dränget die Not zu reden. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Bekanntmachung Pößneck, den 31. Juli 1921. / Magistrat und Gemeinderat 25 Pf. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Pößneck 25 Nicht immer war es mit uns so jammervoll, Druck: Johannes Arndt, Jena |
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Pößneck issued this second run of its Goethe-themed Notgeld series in 1921, during the period when German municipal emergency money had shifted from wartime necessity to something closer to a deliberate collector trade. By 1921, many towns were printing series specifically designed to be saved rather than spent — a practice the Reichsbank viewed with increasing hostility and eventually moved to suppress.
Johannes Arndt in Jena was a regional workhorse printer for Thuringian Notgeld, handling commissions from multiple surrounding municipalities during these years. Two printings of the same series from the same issuer within a short window typically indicate the first run sold out faster than anticipated.