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50 Pfennig
| Uitgever | Stadt Zell im Wiesental (City of Zell im Wiesental) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1921 |
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| Valuta | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Notgeld issue printed in dark brown and ochre-yellow on cream paper, with an ornate border of curling foliate scrollwork enclosing a bold central vignette of the denomination in Gothic (Fraktur) calligraphy reading 'Fünfzig Pfennig'. At the upper centre, the issuing authority inscription 'Stadt Zell i/W' appears in a Fraktur banner, flanked by two small portrait busts in period costume and a heraldic shield at upper left. Below the denomination, the place and date 'Zell, 1. Okt. 1921' and the municipal council signature line 'Gemeinderath' are printed, with a validity clause in smaller Fraktur text at the lower centre; the serial number is printed vertically along the left margin. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in teal-green, ochre, and dark grey, with vertical botanical border panels of stylised fir fronds and seed pods flanking a central rectangular vignette. The vignette, signed 'R. Specht' in the lower right corner, renders a Black Forest winter landscape in a refined illustrative style, with tall conifers in the foreground framing a snow-covered farmstead and hillside in the middle distance. Denomination numerals '50' appear in ochre within teal diamond cartouches at the upper left and upper right corners, and the issuer legend 'Stadt Zell i. W.' is set in large Fraktur lettering across a dark band at the foot of the note. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Zell im Wiesental is a small textile-manufacturing town in the Black Forest valley of the Wiese river, and this 50 Pfennig note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities between 1919 and 1922. The inflationary pressure following Germany's defeat in the First World War had drained small-denomination Reichsmark coinage from circulation almost entirely — metal was hoarded, melted, or simply absent — forcing thousands of towns to print their own emergency fractional currency to keep local commerce moving.
The GRM reference places this within the standard Grabowski-Mehl catalog for German local issues. Zell produced a series of five or six designs under this numbering, typical of towns that commissioned modest artistic programs from regional printers to give their Notgeld some collectible appeal alongside its practical function.