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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipality of Kalbsrieth (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 85 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed letterpress illustration of the Kalbsches Kavalierhaus (Cavalier House) at Kalbsriether Schloss, rendered in black and ochre tones with surrounding mature trees and a pathway in the foreground. A floral border of pink blossoms and green foliage in Jugendstil style frames the entire composition, with the denomination numeral '50' printed in each lower corner. Inscriptions above the vignette record the commemorative occasion of the 160th birthday of Freifrau Charlotte von Kalb, with validity and redemption conditions noted vertically along the left margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in rose-pink with a central oval vignette, bordered by a gold ring and a decorative surround of foliage rendered in black, containing a bold silhouette composition of two figures — a ragged returning figure and a welcoming woman — evoking a prodigal-son or homecoming scene. Dialect verses in Gothic script appear above and below the oval vignette, set against the plain pink ground. The overall design is executed in a flat, graphic Art Nouveau manner consistent with the Notgeld artistic tradition of the early 1920s. |
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Kalbsrieth is a village in the Kyffhäuser district, and like hundreds of other tiny Thuringian municipalities in 1921, it printed its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to address the chronic small-change shortage that paralyzed everyday trade during the postwar inflation spiral. What makes these hyper-local issues interesting is not the denomination but the issuer: a community with a few hundred residents producing legally circulating paper backed by nothing more than municipal credibility.
The DeNG reference places this among the catalogued series for the district, but Kalbsrieth issues are infrequently encountered, suggesting short print runs and limited distribution beyond the immediate locality.