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30 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Friedrichroda (City of Friedrichroda) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark violet on salmon-coloured paper within a fine guilloche lattice underprint bordered by ornamental frames. To the left, a circular vignette contains a standing armoured knight figure, serving as the town's heraldic symbol, beside which the large numeral '30' appears in bold Gothic type. To the right, the denomination is restated as '30 Pf. Gutschein über Dreißig Pfennig' in Fraktur lettering, with the place and date 'Friedrichroda, April 1917' and the authority 'Der Stadtrat' accompanied by a manuscript signature; the serial number is printed in red below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark violet on salmon-coloured paper and carries the same fine guilloche lattice underprint. To the left, a large ornamental panel frames a vignette of a standing jester or court fool figure in medieval costume, integrated into a stylised monogram border. To the right, a central text block states the redemption obligation of the City of Friedrichroda, flanked by the bold numeral '30' at the far right; the validity clause 'Gültig nur in Friedrichroda' is set in Fraktur across the lower margin. |
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Friedrichroda, a small spa town in the Thuringian Forest, began issuing Notgeld in 1917 as the wartime coin shortage stripped even minor-denomination pfennig pieces from everyday transactions. This 30 Pfennig note belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency issues — printed before the later 1920–1922 period when Notgeld became a semi-deliberate collector phenomenon. Notes from this earlier phase were actually used, which means surviving examples in clean condition are meaningfully less common than the decorative series that followed.