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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kahla (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | J. P. Himmer (Himmer GmbH Druckerei & Verlag), Augsburg, Germany (1842) |
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| Reverse lettering | DURCHBLICK VOM BIRKENHAIN AUF DIE 1000-JÄHRIGE LEUCHTENBURG (Translation: View from the birch grove to the 1000-year-old Leuchtenburg) |
| Signature(s) | Djur. Meßthorn and A. Hofmann |
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Kahla, a small Thuringian town best known for its porcelain manufacturing, issued this note during the Notgeld inflation wave that swept German municipalities in 1921. Local authorities resorted to self-printed emergency currency not out of administrative initiative but out of necessity — the Reichsbank simply could not supply sufficient small-denomination coinage to meet everyday commercial demand. J. P. Himmer in Augsburg was a reliable choice for such work, handling municipal Notgeld commissions from across southern and central Germany during this period.
The dual signatures — Meßthorn and Hofmann — reflect the standard countersignature arrangement required to give these locally issued notes at least a procedural veneer of institutional authority.