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75 Pfennigs violet issue
| Issuer | Stadt Greiz (City of Greiz) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Wo in der Sommerstille Fürsten den Heimweg zur Natur gefunden, läßt Alle die nach Schönheit dürsten, ein Quell der Kunst jetzthier gefunden. Greiz, den 5. Sept. 1921. Sommer-Palais Der Rat der Stadt Oberbürgermeister Fünfundsiebzig Pfg. |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadt Greiz Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht 1 Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung in den hies. Tageblättern eingelöst wird. Otto Henning A.-G., Greiz. |
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Greiz was the capital of the tiny principality of Reuss-Greiz, one of the smallest sovereign states in the German Empire, and by 1921 the city was issuing its own emergency currency — Notgeld — like hundreds of other German municipalities scrambling to compensate for the chronic coin shortages of the early Weimar period. The 75-Pfennig denomination is slightly unusual; most municipal series centered on rounder values, and its presence here suggests the city was trying to cover a specific gap in everyday transactions rather than producing a complete decorative set.
Otto Henning A.G. was a local Greiz printer, which kept production costs down and turnaround fast — a practical choice when inflation was already making precise monetary planning nearly impossible.