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30 Pfennig
| Issuer | Meiningen (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 30 Pfennigs (30 Pfennige) (0.30) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and orange with a stark geometric layout. A bold black band across the top carries the inscription 'STADT' in white serif capitals, flanked at each corner by denomination panels bearing '30'. A large central cartouche on an orange ground encloses a circular medallion with the numeral '30' in intaglio-style Gothic figures, flanked by stylised 'Pf' abbreviation monograms. The lower black band carries 'MEININGEN' in matching white serif capitals, with the printer's imprint 'Franz Scheiner Würzburg' at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Meiningen 30 Pf (Translation: City of Meiningen 30 Pfennig) |
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Meiningen's 1921 Notgeld output was prolific even by Thuringian standards — 12,175,000 printed for a single 30-Pfennig value is a substantial run, reflecting the acute small-change shortage that paralyzed German retail commerce as hyperinflation accelerated. Franz Scheiner in Würzburg handled a significant volume of municipal emergency currency across Bavaria and Thuringia during this period, and the watermarked paper used here was a deliberate attempt to deter the counterfeiting that had begun to plague higher-denomination Notgeld issues.
The watermark is worth noting on a Pfennig-denomination piece — that level of security investment was by no means universal in 1921 municipal issues.