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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Neuhaus am Rennweg (Thuringia), Municipality of |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and yellow and composed as a bold, decorative vignette in the Notgeld style. A ribbon banner arching across the upper portion carries the legend GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE, below which the town name NEUHAUS appears in large block lettering flanked by two circular cartouches each bearing the denomination 25 Pfg. At centre, the municipal coat of arms — a shield with a key motif above a crenellated element — is framed by ornamental scrollwork, with the abbreviation A·RWG· inscribed above it. Below the vignette, the issuing authority line reads DER GEMEINDE ~ VORSTAND with a manuscript signature, and a red serial number is stamped at upper left. |
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| Reverse lettering | LUFTKURORT NEUHAUS A.R. 25 Pfg 25 HOLZHEY LEIPSIG |
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Neuhaus am Rennweg is a small glassmaking town in the Thuringian Forest, and like hundreds of German municipalities it resorted to Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos of 1918–1921 when small-denomination Reichsmark coinage simply vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted. These municipal issues were printed by local and regional firms under no central oversight — Holzhey in Leipzig was one of dozens of such printers fulfilling bulk orders from town councils scrambling to keep change flowing.
Notgeld from minor Thuringian communes was overproduced almost immediately by speculators and collectors, meaning a significant portion never saw a shop counter.