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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Thale am Harz (City of Thale am Harz) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow and black letterpress Notgeld note printed on plain paper. The central vignette presents an oval medallion enclosing a figure of a seated male nude atop the Thale town coat of arms, surrounded by a circular inscription band; flanking side panels carry a vertical line underprint with the large numeral '75' at upper corners and 'Pfennig' below on each side. The lower register bears the validity date, the issuing authority designation 'Gemeindevorstand', the issue date 'Johanni 1921', and the manuscript signature of Bürgermeister Schönermark. |
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| Reverse lettering | 75 "Um deine Berge weht ein alter Sang, Der Sturmwind selber ist sein rauher Träger, Er saust und braust von einem wilden Jäger, Gewaltig, grausenvoll wie Donnerklang." Druckerei Appelhans, Braunschweig |
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Thale, a small town on the northern edge of the Harz mountains, issued this Notgeld during the inflationary chaos following Germany's defeat in World War I — a period when hundreds of municipalities printed their own emergency small-change notes to compensate for the chronic shortage of official coinage. Appelhans in Braunschweig was a prolific printer of regional Notgeld, supplying municipalities across Lower Saxony and surrounding areas throughout the early 1920s.
The DeNG reference suffix "4a-4/5" indicates this is one of a documented pair within the series, suggesting Thale issued at least two design variants at the 75 Pfennig denomination. Signed by Bürgermeister Schönermark in printed facsimile.