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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Ronneburg (City of Ronneburg, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper and enclosed within a serrated decorative border. The upper portion carries a two-line advertising inscription in Gothic script urging citizens to deposit funds at the Ronneburg municipal savings bank. To the left, the heraldic arms of Ronneburg are rendered in a vignette with a crested helmet above a shield bearing a lion passant over a chequered field, set against a vertically lined background panel. To the right, the denomination "5 Pfg." is rendered in large Gothic script, below which the issuance date "Ronneburg d. 1 Mai 1921" and the facsimile signature of the Stadtrat appear, with the legend "Gutschein der Stadt Ronneburg" in bold Gothic lettering along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper within a matching serrated decorative border. A central vignette in fine letterpress style presents the Bismarck Column (Bismarcksäule) atop the Reusterberg near Ronneburg, surrounded by trees and approached by a pathway, with radiating lines suggesting sunlight behind the tower. Two scrolled ribbon banners carry the location inscription across the central composition. The denomination numeral "5" appears in bold at lower left and lower right, each followed by "Pfg.", while the town name "Ronneburg i. Thüringen" is inscribed in cursive script along the upper margin. |
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Ronneburg's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Thuringia and the rest of Germany as small-denomination coins vanished from circulation entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply insufficient against exploding transaction volumes in the postwar economy. Towns of every size printed their own, and quality varied enormously. Ronneburg's issue is unremarkable in that company.
The single signatory, Lutze, served in an administrative capacity for the city at the time. No co-signature from a financial officer appears, which was not unusual for the smallest-denomination Kleingeldscheine.