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90 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Gotha (City of Gotha, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central circular vignette with the denomination '90 Pfennig' in bold Gothic script against a dark roundel, flanked by two standing medieval figures in bishop's and secular dress rendered in a woodcut manner. A Gothic text verse occupies the lower panel, reading a four-line rhyme referencing Gotthard the Abbot and Ernst the Pious. The issuer name 'Stadt Gotha' appears in a cartouche below the central roundel, with the heading 'Gilt als Lebensmittel' at the top. |
| Reverse lettering | Gilt als Lebensmittel 90 Pfennig Stadt Gotha Von Gotthard dem Abt und Ernst dem Frommen Ist Gotha einst viel Gutes gekommen. Auch sie kannten Not und sie kannten auch Geld, Aber Notgeld haben sie niemals bestellt. |
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The 90 Pfennig denomination is an oddity worth pausing on. German municipal Notgeld of the early 1920s routinely ran to 10, 25, 50, and 75 Pfennig values — 90 was eccentric, and cities that issued it were usually plugging a very specific gap in local change circulation rather than following any regional convention. Gotha, as the capital of the Free State of Gotha within Thuringia, had its own administrative apparatus and issued Notgeld independently of the surrounding state bodies.
The "a" variant designation in the DeNG reference suggests at least a second printing or paper variant exists for this value within the series.