75 Pfennig, Stadt Pössneck, 1921

Pössneck is a town in eastern Thuringia, on the Kotschau south of Jena. A cloth- and wool-weaving town from the late Middle Ages, it diversified over the 19th and 20th centuries into porcelain, tanning, chocolate and — above all — large-scale book printing, which it remains known for today. In 1921 it belonged to the former Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen within the new Land of Thuringia.

Like thousands of German towns in the inflation years, Pössneck issued decorative Serienscheine — emergency small change produced in sets, far beyond any real need, for sale to collectors. This note is the 75-Pfennig value of a three-note set (25, 50 and 75 Pfennig) whose shared front shows the town arms — a lion on a blue shield beneath a mural crown — framed in bold red interlace, over "STADT PÖSSNECK · NOTGELD". The reverse carries a view of the town, lit as if by night, in an oval cartouche. Signed for the "Magistrat und Gemeinderat"; the design carries the artist's mark "Rohde, Jena"; printed by Johannes Arndt of Jena.

The note lost its validity one month after public notice of withdrawal.