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75 Pfennig Caricature Series
| 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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| Obverse description | Teal-ground vignette centered on a large oak tree trunk with scattered paper notes falling around its base, rendered in an expressionist lithographic style. Denomination numerals '75' appear at upper left and upper right, each accompanied by a Pfennig symbol. Two ribbon banners to the left carry the inscriptions 'GUTSCHEIN / DER STADT KAHLA / ÜBER ¾ MARK', while two banners to the right bear 'AUSGABETAG 1. DEZ. 1921' and 'VERFALLTAG 31. DEZ. 1921'; facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Stadtrat appear in a small panel at lower right, with the printer's imprint 'DRUCK.: HIMMER, AUGSBURG.' below the frame. |
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| Reverse description | Satirical caricature vignette in teal and green tones, depicting a skeleton figure dressed in trousers and a cap, viewed from behind, writing the inscription 'Mene Tekel Upharsin' in cursive script on a cylindrical advertising column set against a nocturnal Paris cityscape with the Eiffel Tower silhouetted in the background. Partial French commercial advertisements — including the words 'ALCOOL' and 'LAD' — are visible on surrounding walls. A framed cartouche at lower right bears the legend 'SYLVESTERNACHT 1921–1922 / DEUTSCHER SPUK IN PARIS', with the artist's monogram 'OLAF' at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | MENE TEKEL OTARS ALCOOL SYLVESTERNACHT 1921–1922 DEUTSCHER SPUK IN PARIS |
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