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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hermsdorf (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in a polychrome letterpress style typical of German Notgeld issues, with a central vignette of the Hermsdorf town silhouette set against a rising sun underprint in yellow and blue. A scrolled banner at the top carries the legend 'Dorfgeld' in Gothic script, flanked by two side vignettes: at left, workers on a timber scaffold, and at right, a scene of craftsmen at a workshop entrance. Denomination panels of '75 Pfennig' in green Gothic numerals appear at lower left and right, with the issue date 'Hermsdorf, S.-A. den 1. Mai 1921' and a manuscript signature above the printed title 'Gemeindevorsteher' in the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central polychrome vignette of a forest scene in which two armed men and two women in period dress are gathered beneath fir trees beside a waterfall, illustrating a local historical legend. A ribbon banner at the top bears the motto 'Hie-her-muß-Dorf,' while the left and right margins contain the split inscription 'Hieher muß Dorf in die' and 'Waldeinsamkeit,' with the concluding line 'riefen die Frauen, als sie befreit.' printed across the lower border. Denomination panels of '75 Pfennig' in green Gothic numerals appear in the upper corners against the characteristic terracotta-toned side panels. |
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Hermsdorf, in the Thuringian industrial belt, was already establishing itself as a center for technical ceramics manufacturing in the early 1920s — a fact that makes its municipal Notgeld issue no surprise. Like hundreds of German communes, Hermsdorf printed emergency small change in 1921 to address the chronic coin shortage that had persisted since the war, with federal minting capacity unable to keep pace with demand.
Thuringian Notgeld from this period was frequently printed in short runs by regional jobbing printers, and survival rates vary sharply between denominations within the same series.