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25 Pfennig Notgeld-Ausstellung

Emittent Leipzig, City of
Jahr 1921
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Nennwert 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The obverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper and carries a central vignette of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations) in Leipzig, rendered in a bold woodcut-style line art. The word GUTSCHEIN appears in large Gothic lettering across the top, followed by an inscription naming the Notgeld-Ausstellung in Leipzig and its validity period from 27 August to 4 September 1921. Below the vignette, a multi-line text block states the note's redemption conditions at the exhibition cashier, with the designer credit Entwürfe: 'Werbe', R. Fuchs. at the foot.
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Rückseitenbeschreibung The reverse is printed in black and blue on cream paper and presents a humorous caricature vignette: a striding giant figure wearing a bowler hat strides over a neoclassical exhibition hall building, while a smaller male figure looks on from the upper left; a large blue semicircular arch bearing the double-M Messe emblem overlays the composition. The denomination numeral 25 appears in bold blue at the upper left. A two-line verse inscription in Leipzig dialect is set in blue lettering against a black panel at the foot of the note.
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Leipzig's 1921 Notgeld issues were part of a peculiar commercial phenomenon: by mid-inflation Weimar Germany, municipalities had discovered that collectors would pay face value for attractively designed emergency money and never spend it, making Notgeld effectively a zero-cost revenue source. The "Notgeld-Ausstellung" designation marks this note as tied to an actual exhibition about Notgeld itself — a fair dedicated to the collecting craze that the inflation had inadvertently spawned.

R. Fuchs is credited as a Werbegestalter, an advertising designer rather than a traditional banknote engraver, which tells you exactly what this is: promotional material wearing the clothes of currency.

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