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50 Mark Lautawerk
| Issuer | Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke A.G., Lautawerk |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 125 × 84 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple-blue on a thin embossed aluminium sheet, the obverse is set within a geometric guilloche border of interlocking diamond and chevron motifs repeated along all four margins. The central field carries the issuer's name and denomination in bold Fraktur script across multiple lines, with the numeral 50 appearing in the upper corners. Below the denomination, a three-line authorization text in smaller Fraktur references the Reich Ministry of Finance decree of 8 October 1922, followed by the place and date of issue and two manuscript signatures at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 50 LAUTAWERK Fünfzig Mark (Translation: 50 50 LAUTAWERK Fifty Marks) |
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Notgeld issued by an aluminium smelting company in its own metal — the material irony is hard to miss. Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke operated the Lautawerk plant in the Rhön region, and like hundreds of German industrial firms in 1922, it printed emergency scrip to pay workers when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical currency to meet payroll during the hyperinflationary spiral.
Druck & Zisberg of Lingenwald was a minor regional printer, not one of the large security houses. Notes from smaller operations like this tend to show inconsistent ink coverage and registration.