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75 Pfennig Economics Series - A
| Issuer | Stadt 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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| Reverse description | The reverse is set within a scalloped border and dominated by a printed bar chart on a pale blue-grey scrollwork underprint. The heading reads 'Deutsche Wirtschaftskurven.' followed by the subtitle 'Internationale Preissteigerung im 2. Halbjahr 1920 gegenüber dem Friedensstand. 1913 = 100', with horizontal bars representing fourteen countries, Germany's bar extending furthest to illustrate the severity of post-war inflation. The denomination '75 Pfg' appears in large Gothic figures at the left margin within the underprint, and the series letter 'A' is printed at the lower right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Deutsche Wirtschaftskurven. Internationale Preissteigerung im 2. Halbjahr 1920 gegenüber dem Friedensstand. 1913 = 100 Verein Staaten Ost-Indien Japan Australien Kanada England Frankreich Italien Deutschland Norwegen Dänemark Schweden Holland 75 Pfg A |
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Kahla, a small porcelain-manufacturing town on the Saale River in Thuringia, issued this Notgeld series at a moment when municipal governments across Germany were printing their own emergency fractional currency simply to keep commerce moving — the Reichsbank had all but stopped supplying small denomination coins. The "Economics Series" label is a collector designation for a thematically grouped release, common practice among the hundreds of towns that turned Notgeld production into a minor local industry between 1920 and 1922.
J. P. Himmer in Augsburg printed for dozens of municipal clients during this period, producing competent lithographic work at volume. The press had been operating since 1842 and was well-positioned to absorb the surge in Notgeld commissions flooding in from Bavarian and Thuringian municipalities alike.