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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Gera (City Council of Gera, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 113 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GERA-REUSS GERA-R 75 PF WIRD VON ALLEN STADTKASSEN IN ZAHLUNG GENOMMEN DER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT AM 1. APRIL 1922 GERA AM 1. 5. 1921 DER STADTRAT (Translation: Gera-Reuss Gera-R 75 pfennigs IS ACCEPTED IN PAYMENT BY ALL CITY TREASURIES THE NOTE LOSES ITS VALIDITY ON 1 APRIL 1922 GERA ON 1 MAY 1921 THE CITY COUNCIL) |
| Reverse description | Expressionist vignette in black on white paper with blue border and blue denomination device at lower right, rendered in a bold woodcut-like artistic style. A crowned medieval figure, identified by the inscription as Heinrich, is shown wading or rowing through stylised waves, with a townscape of Gera's historic skyline visible in the background to the right. The denomination '75 PF' appears in the lower right corner as an overlapping numeral and letter construction with a blue diagonal accent, while the motto inscription runs across the top and bottom margins. |
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Gera's 1921 Notgeld issues were produced during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany after the First World War, when municipal and commercial bodies across the country printed their own emergency fractional denominations to keep local commerce functional. The city council series is notable for its relatively restrained approach compared to the aggressively collectible "Serienscheine" flooding the market at the same moment — designed for spending, not philatelic hoarding.
The watermarked paper on this 75 Pfennig piece suggests procurement from a quality stock, an unusual detail for municipal issues of this kind, where plain unprotected paper was far more common at this level of denomination.