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50 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Zeulenroda (Reuss-Obergreiz) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A German Notgeld note of 50 Mark issued by the town of Zeulenroda in the principality of Reuss-Obergreiz during 1918, with the denomination and issuing authority rendered in Gothic letterpress typeface. The composition is characteristic of municipal emergency currency of the First World War period, with text-dominant layout and bordered frame. Decorative typographic elements and the issuing municipality's designation appear within a structured rectangular field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries standard Notgeld validation elements typical of municipal 1918 issues, including denomination, date, and authorizing text rendered in period Gothic script within a plain bordered layout. The design relies on typographic composition rather than pictorial vignettes, consistent with wartime emergency currency production conventions. |
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Zeulenroda's 50 Mark notgeld from 1918 belongs to the first major wave of German municipal emergency money, issued as the imperial banking system buckled under wartime strain and small-denomination coin vanished from circulation. The town sat within the former principality of Reuss-Obergreiz, a minor state that had been absorbed into the newly unified German Empire in 1871 but retained its administrative identity long enough to give these local issues their hyphenated geographic designation in collectors' catalogs.
At 50 Mark this is a higher-value piece than the typical small-change notgeld of the period — more a liquidity instrument than a substitute for coins.