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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Ellrich |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and ochre Notgeld coupon with a decorative border of interlocking scroll ornaments enclosing the central design. The municipal coat of arms of Ellrich — a crowned shield bearing a chequered field with antler crest and foliate mantling — occupies the centre, flanked by two large circular vignettes in ochre: the left containing the validity disclaimer text and the right bearing the issue date and three facsimile signatures of the Magistrat. The denomination '75 Pfg.' appears in bold black letterpress at lower left and right, with 'Gutschein' and the alphanumeric serial number printed centrally along the lower panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | Frauenbergs Kirche, älteste Kirche d. Prov. Sachsen. 75 PF. Stadtmauer m. Tor u. Johanniskirche "Wenn alles stürzt und fällt, Ellricher Gips baut wieder auf d. Welt." Ellrich a.H. |
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Ellrich is a small town in Thuringia, and its Magistrat issued this 75 Pfennig note during the height of Germany's Kleingeldersatz crisis — the nationwide coin shortage that drove thousands of municipalities to print their own emergency currency between 1919 and 1922. Karl Koch in nearby Nordhausen was a regional workhorse printer for this kind of local Notgeld, handling commissions from multiple Thuringian towns in quick succession during these years.
The 75 Pfennig denomination is among the less common face values in municipal Notgeld issues — towns more typically reached for 25, 50, or 100 Pfennig — which suggests Ellrich was calibrating to a specific local pricing need rather than following convention.