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50 Pfennig Sportverein Kahla - A2
| Issuer | Sportverein Kahla (Sport Club Kahla), Kahla, Thuringia |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red-orange, black, and green on cream paper, with the denomination numeral '50' repeated in each corner against a hatched background. At centre, a large circular vignette bears the club emblem — a diagonal sash in red and white over a green field — encircled by the legend 'SPORTVEREIN KAHLA' and the founding year 'GEGR. 1910'. The emblem is flanked on either side by green oak-leaf sprays, with panel inscriptions to the left and right identifying the club's membership in the Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine and the Deutschen Fussball-Bundes. A lower cartouche carries the voucher text 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFZIG PFENNIG' followed by the validity clause, with the printer's imprint of J.P. Himmer, Augsburg, at the lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | SERIE A. GRUPPE 2. Schwimmen 3. MITTELDEUTSCHES SECHSER-TURNIER KAHLA 1921. DIE TURNIER-LEITUNG: |
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Sportverein Kahla was one of thousands of minor German associations that issued emergency small change — Notgeld — during the coin shortage of 1920–1921. A sports club issuing currency is exactly as odd as it sounds: these organizations had no banking authority whatsoever, but local acceptance was enough, and municipal tolerance was broad. Himmer in Augsburg printed for an enormous range of Notgeld clients across Bavaria and Thuringia during this period, essentially running a clearinghouse for small-denomination paper from any institution willing to pay the print run.
The "A2" designation indicates a variety distinction within the Kahla sports club series — likely a paper stock or color variant rather than a separate issue date.