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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Erfurt (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen jederzeit in Zahlung genommen, er verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrats zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird Notgeld der Stadt Erfurt Erfurt, den 7. April 1921. Der Magistrat. |
| Reverse description | Green and black bicolour reverse printed in letterpress by Otto Richters & Co., Erfurt. The central field carries an Expressionist woodcut-style vignette of two robed figures in dialogue before the soaring spire of Erfurt Cathedral, with a third figure prostrate in the foreground, evoking a scene of religious or historical significance related to the Reformation. Vertical columns of blackletter text border the vignette on both left and right, carrying a moralising quotation. The printer's imprint 'OTTO RICHTERS U. CO, ERFURT' appears at the lower right margin. |
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Erfurt was unusually prolific in its Notgeld output, and this 50 Pfennig piece reflects the city's decision to commission locally rather than rely on the major Leipzig or Berlin printers handling most Thuringian municipal issues. Alfred Hanf and Otto Richters & Co. were both Erfurt-based commercial printers, not specialist banknote firms — a common enough arrangement for the small-denomination Kleingeldscheine flooding German municipalities after the Reichsbank withdrew fractional coinage from circulation in 1920 and 1921.
Erfurt issued multiple series across several denominations during this period, and distinguishing between them without the series markings visible can be genuinely difficult.