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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Plauen (City of Plauen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Plauen i/V. Gutschein 5 Pfennig Oberbürgermeister Gültig nur im Stadtbezirk Plauen und nur bis 30. September 1921 |
| Reverse description | Green and black reverse with a rectangular vignette occupying the upper portion, showing a putto (cherub) figure holding a sheaf of grain and a hammer amid floral and foliate motifs in a woodcut-style composition, with the motto 'Sich regen bringt Segen' inscribed across the top of the vignette. Below the vignette, the denomination '5' flanked by 'Pf.' abbreviations on each side is rendered in bold Gothic numerals within a decorative cartouche. A serial number preceded by 'Nr.' is printed in large Gothic figures along the bottom of the note. |
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Plauen's 1921 Notgeld issues belong to the second wave of German municipal emergency money — by this point a semi-organized cottage industry, with town treasuries issuing small-denomination paper to plug the chronic coin shortage that had plagued daily commerce since the war. The Stadtgemeinde series from Plauen was printed locally, which accounts for the varying ink quality sometimes found across specimens in the P26 sequence.
The 6a variant designation within P26 typically indicates a specific paper stock or print run distinction — collectors working this series should note that sub-variant differentiation here rests on paper texture and typeface minutiae rather than visible design changes.