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| Issuer | Münchenbernsdorf (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Der Mönch von Münchenbernsdorf Notgeld der Stadt Münchenbernsdorf 75 Pfennig Münchenbernsdorf i. Thür., den 1. September 1921 Der Stadtgemeindevorstand Bürgermeister Der Zeitpunkt mit dem die Gültigkeit abläuft wird in der hiesigen Allgemeinen Zeitung bekannt gemacht. |
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| Reverse lettering | 75 Pf. Auf der Hohenreuth. Der Schimmel vom Gericht kam an- Der Advokat blieb im Tann--- Münchenbernsdorf und die Sage vom Advokatensteig. Weida Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder, Gera-R. |
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Münchenbernsdorf is a small industrial town in the Reuss region of Thuringia, and this 75 Pfennig note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Germany in 1921 as postwar inflation began eating into the usefulness of low-denomination Reichsbank coinage. The printer, Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder of Gera, handled Notgeld commissions for numerous small Thuringian communities during this period — their output was competent but rarely distinctive.
The DeNG reference suffix ".3-4/4" suggests this is one of a numbered set, likely four notes in the series, with this being the third or fourth variant.