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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Freyburg (Unstrut), Magistrat |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Otto Henning A.G., Greiz, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Dark-ground notgeld issued on cream paper, printed in black and mauve. The upper portion carries the denomination numeral '50' in both corners flanking the title 'Gutschein der Stadt Freyburg (Unstrut)' in bold letterpress, with 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in large display type beneath a double ruled line. The lower half bears a central cartouche with vine and grape cluster vignettes to either side, enclosing the place and date inscription and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' above a manuscript facsimile signature; the printer's imprint 'Otto Henning A.G. Greiz' appears at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Jahn-Turnhalle. 50 50 STADT FREYBURG (UNSTRUT) Otto Henning A.G. Greiz. |
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Freyburg an der Unstrut is a small Saxon-Thuringian wine town, and its 1920 Notgeld issue reflects exactly the kind of municipal fiscal scramble that followed the postwar coin shortage. The Reichsbank had effectively stopped supplying small denomination coinage to provincial administrations by 1919, forcing hundreds of German towns to commission their own emergency scrip. Otto Henning A.G. in Greiz was one of the workhorse regional printers that absorbed this demand — a commercial printer, not a security house, which shows in the modest production values typical of Thuringian municipal issues.
At 52 × 37 mm, this is among the smaller Notgeld formats produced in the series.