75 Pfennig Caricature Series

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.