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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Triptis (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 52 × 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green and black letterpress Notgeld note with an ornate Art Nouveau border of stylised foliate scrollwork. The large numeral '5' is centred within an oval vignette flanked by the word 'PFENNIG' repeated in the upper left and upper right corners, with 'GUTSCHEIN' at lower left and 'DER STADTGEMEINDE' at upper right. The municipal coat of arms of Triptis, a crowned shield with two standing figures beneath a tree, appears at the lower left, while a boxed text panel at the lower right records the issue date 'Triptis, d. 1 Jan. 1921', the authority 'der Stadtgemeindevorstand', and a facsimile signature. The validity legend 'Gültig bis 1. Jan. 1923.' runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | PFENNIG GUTSCHEIN 5 PFENNIG DER STADTGEMEINDE TRIPTIS i. Thüringen Triptis, d. 1 Jan. 1921. der Stadtgemeindevorstand Gültig bis 1. Jan. 1923. |
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Triptis is a small town in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities in 1921, it was forced into the notgeld business by a chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. Postwar metal scarcity and rampant hoarding had stripped everyday change from circulation almost entirely, pushing the burden of liquidity onto local administrations with no printing infrastructure of their own.
C. Herrmann of Meerane handled the press work — a regional commercial printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which is exactly what most Kleingeldersatz issuers could afford.