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25 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bad Suderode (Municipality of Bad Suderode) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark letterpress Notgeld with a central cartouche bearing a four-line verse in Gothic script, flanked by large denomination numerals '25 Pfg.' set against ornate woodcut-style vignettes. The heading band reads 'SOLBAD' above the cartouche, with series letter 'A' and a red serial number at top. Printer's imprint 'LOUIS KOCH - HALBERSTADT' and the Gemeindevorstand's facsimile signature appear at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Sepia-toned letterpress reverse with a photographic vignette of 'Kalte Talwiese', a tree-lined promenade in Bad Suderode with figures strolling the path. A banner scroll at top reads 'Calcium-Trinkkuren'; large octagonal '25' numerals anchor the lower corners flanking the bold inscription 'BAD SUDERODE HARZ' at centre foot, with diamond-pattern ornaments at the corners. |
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Bad Suderode was a small spa town in the Harz foothills, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to compensate for the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage that had plagued Germany since the war years. The Louis Koch printing house in Halberstadt was a regional workhorse for exactly this kind of commission, producing Notgeld runs for numerous Harz-area communities during the inflation spiral that preceded the catastrophic hyperinflation of 1923.
These municipal issues were often printed in limited series and withdrawn within months, which makes survival rates uneven across denominations.