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75 Pfennig Caricature Series
| Issuer | Kahla (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER STADT KAHLA ÜBER ¾ MARK AUSGABETAG 1. DEZ. 1921 VERFALLTAG 31. DEZ. 1921 BÜRGERMSTR STADTRAT DRUCK.: HIMMER, AUGSBURG. |
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| Reverse lettering | DER DEUTSCHE MERKUR 2 |
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Kahla's 1921 Notgeld series is among the more self-aware examples of the caricature genre that flourished briefly during the early Weimar inflation years. Towns across Thuringia and Bavaria commissioned satirical designs partly to attract collector demand — by 1921 the secondary market for decorative Notgeld had become a genuine revenue source, with municipalities printing well beyond circulation needs and selling directly to dealers and philatelic societies.
J. P. Himmer in Augsburg was a natural choice for this kind of work, handling a substantial volume of the period's collector-grade Notgeld. The press had the color lithography capacity that plain municipal printers lacked.