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75 Pfennig Spa Series - Issue F
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Bad Sulza (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted notgeld on cream paper with a perforated border frame. A central circular vignette set against a blue background presents a standing allegorical female figure in a white robe, her sash inscribed 'SANITAS', extending both arms to hold shallow bowls; flanking her on each side is a caduceus staff entwined with serpents, surmounted above hexagonal denomination cartouches bearing '75 Pf' in gold on black. Below the central vignette, a cursive text block states the payment obligation of the Stadtkasse Bad Sulza, with the issue date 'Bad Sulza, 19. Juli 1921', the circular Stadtgemeinde seal at centre, and manuscript signatures of the Gemeindevorstand and the Gemeinderat Vorsitzender flanking the seal; series letter 'F.' appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gültig bis 31. Dez. 1922 Ob die Entente-Schlange zischt, Ob dich umzüngelt frech der Pole, Die Steuern wachsen – du hast nischt, Die Heilung bringt Bad Sulzas Sole. Karl Alexander Sophienquelle BAD SULZA i/THÜRINGEN |
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Bad Sulza was a minor saline spa town in Thuringia whose Stadtkasse issued this Pfennig-denomination notgeld as part of the widespread municipal emergency currency movement that peaked across Germany in 1921. The "Spa Series" designation reflects a common marketing instinct among small-town issuers — notgeld had become a collectors' commodity by this point, and towns leaned into local identity to drive philatelic demand rather than genuine monetary need.
The print date of 30 April 1945 is the detail that demands attention: that is the day Hitler died in Berlin, with Soviet forces already inside the city. Whatever administrative reflex produced a stamped date on that particular day says something about the mechanical persistence of German bureaucracy even at total collapse.