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25 Pfennig Silhouette Series - Issue A
| Issuer | Stadt Apolda (City of Apolda), Thuringia |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Apolda 25 Pf. Dieser Gutschein wird an allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen. Es verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung zur Einziehung. Apolda, den 1. August 1921. Der Gemeindevorstand Heyne, Bürgermeister-Stellv. Der Gemeinderat Walther Fischer, Vorsitzender. ADOLF FORKER, LEIPZIG |
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| Signature(s) | Heyne (Bürgermeister-Stellvertreter) and Walther Fischer (Vorsitzender des Gemeinderats) |
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Apolda issued this Notgeld series in 1921 as the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small change forced hundreds of German municipalities to print their own fractional currency. The "Silhouette Series" designation — unusual for Thuringian civic issues — suggests a deliberate artistic brief, and Adolf Forker in Leipzig was a competent commercial printer capable of executing it cleanly. Forker handled a considerable volume of municipal emergency currency during this period, so the production quality tends to be consistent across the run.
Heyne signed as deputy mayor, not mayor — worth noting if the series shows signature variants across denominations.