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75 Pfennig History Series
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Saalfeld a. Saale |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Saalfeld a. Saale Saalfeld a. Saale den 1. August 1921. Gutschein über Fünfundsiebzig Pfg. Der Magistrat. WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.-G. SAALFELD i. THÜR. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-width polychrome historical vignette in green, ochre, blue, and brown, illustrating the reception of emigrants on the Saalfeld market square, with the town church visible in the background; at left a clergyman in black robes greets a procession of travelers on foot and horseback, while a covered wagon with women and children occupies the right foreground. The city arms appear in a cartouche at upper left. A bold dark green panel along the lower edge bears the denomination and issuer name in Gothic blackletter script. |
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Saalfeld's 1921 Notgeld series was one of the more ambitious municipal issues in Thuringia, explicitly conceived as a collectible set rather than emergency currency. The "History Series" designation was no accident — towns across Weimar Germany had discovered that themed Notgeld sold to collectors generated real revenue, sometimes exceeding the face value printed on the notes themselves. Saalfeld leaned into this deliberately.
Wiedemannsche Druckerei AG was a local operation, which kept production costs low and turnaround fast during the inflationary pressures of 1921.