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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Ranis |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-green voucher printed in letterpress with a decorative foliate border in green and gold at the perimeter. At centre, a crowned oval cartouche contains the heraldic lion of Ranis as a grey underprint vignette, flanked by yellow scrollwork arabesques; the denomination legend in Gothic blackletter script runs across the full width of the note, bisecting the cartouche. A serial number box appears at lower left, with the date, issuing authority, and a manuscript signature at lower right, above a rectangular panel bearing a two-line motto in majuscule lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse printed in grey, green, and yellow, centred on a detailed topographic vignette of Ranis castle perched on a wooded hilltop above the town, rendered in fine line engraving with a pale sky background. The place name appears in Gothic blackletter on a ribbon scroll at the top, flanked at upper left and right by two crowned heraldic shields each bearing a rampant lion. Validity and date inscriptions are set vertically in the left and right margins respectively, while a shield cartouche at the bottom carries the denomination within a scroll band lettered "Notgeld Pfennig". |
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Ranis is a small town in Thuringia, known primarily for its medieval hilltop castle. This 50 Pfennig Notgeld was issued by the town magistrate in 1921, deep into the postwar inflation spiral that was pushing municipal governments across Germany to print their own emergency small-change notes as Reichsbank coin effectively vanished from circulation. The Wiedemannsche Druckerei in nearby Saalfeld handled output for numerous Thuringian municipalities during this period, and the presence of a watermark is slightly unusual for a piece of this modest value and local scope.