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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Kahla (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black and grey letterpress Notgeld note with decorative border of lace-like guilloche ornaments and red dot corner accents. The central field carries the large blackletter legend 'Gutschein' at top, with the denomination rendered in bold Gothic script as 'Pfg 5 Pfg' flanking a large numeral '5' in red. The issuing authority 'Der Stadtrat zu Kahla, S.A.' appears in a white-on-black band below, with two manuscript signatures and a serial number in the lower grey panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für Pfg 5 Pfg Der Stadtrat zu Kahla, S.A. 5 Pfennig |
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Kahla is a small Thuringian town on the Saale River, best known later as the site of the Porzellanfabrik Kahla — the same manufacturer that would supply much of the GDR's ceramic output for decades. In 1920, however, the town was dealing with the acute small-change shortage that drove hundreds of German municipalities to issue their own Kleingeldersatz. The Stadtrat's authorisation of this note was purely practical: copper and nickel coins had largely vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted during and after the war.
The "a" variant designation within the Grabowski listing typically reflects a paper stock or overprint distinction within what was otherwise a single issue run.