75 Pfennig Tabakmesshaus Kosmos

Messhaus Kosmos was one of Leipzig's trade fair exhibition buildings, and this 75 Pfennig note belongs to the wave of privately issued Notgeld that flooded Germany during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1920s. The issuer is unusual — not a municipality or savings bank, but a commercial trade hall, suggesting the note circulated internally or among fair vendors rather than in general retail channels. The engraver monogram "WR" appears dated 1922, which sits a year later than the issue year; whether this reflects a reprinting, a revised plate, or simply a delayed engraving credit is unresolved in the literature.