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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Großwirschleben (Municipality of Großwirschleben) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde zu Großwirschleben Im Rauschen der Ackermann, trat nimm als Dank zum Sorge an und in der Saale dunkler Flut, da taugt sich's frisch, da wagt sich's gut! Die Gültigkeit reichte immer und hoheit Groß-Wirschleben 1.9.21 Der Gemeindevorstand: Müller Groß-Wirschleben in Anhalt |
| Reverse description | Olive-green reverse with bold underprint numerals '75' at each lateral margin, flanked by ornamental geometric border panels. The central vignette, captioned 'Großwirschleber Basaltanz', presents a vigorous folk-dance scene in woodcut style with several figures in traditional Anhalt peasant dress engaged in a round dance; a small monogram 'R' appears at lower left of the vignette. A lower ribbon inscription repeats 'Groß-Wirschleben in Anhalt'. |
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Großwirschleben is a small village in the Bernburg district of Saxony-Anhalt, and its participation in the Kleingeldersatz inflation of 1921 was anything but unusual — hundreds of similarly obscure German municipalities issued Notgeld that year to address the acute shortage of fractional coinage. What distinguishes this note from the mass of interchangeable village scrip is largely a matter of collector series completeness rather than any particular printing or historical drama.
The DeNG reference suggests multiple varieties exist within this single denomination issue, which typically indicates differing serial ranges, ink colors, or paper stocks rather than separate printing runs by distinct firms.