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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Merseburg (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet and ochre with a wide ornamental border enclosing guilloche rosette panels at left and right bearing the denomination '50 Pf.' A central architectural vignette, signed 'Weissner' in the lower left corner, renders a detailed line-art view of the Schlosshof (castle courtyard) in Merseburg, with its medieval towers, stepped gables, and surrounding foliage; the caption 'Schlosshof' appears in the upper left of the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Pf. Schlosshof Weissner |
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Merseburg's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency, by which point many town councils had shifted from purely utilitarian scrip toward notes with deliberate aesthetic ambition. Gebrüder Parcus of Munich was one of the more capable small-series printers of the period, handling numerous Bavarian and central German municipal commissions with a quality that outpaced the larger mass-production houses.
The designer credit to Weissner is uncommon — most Notgeld catalog entries record only the printer. Whoever he was, his involvement suggests the Merseburg magistrate commissioned original artwork rather than adapting stock plate elements.