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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Blankenhain (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour letterpress Notgeld vignette divided into three panels: at left, a landscape scene with a pond and bare trees beneath a loom or roller blind architectural element, with denomination cartouches reading '50 Pf' at lower left and right corners; at centre, the crowned arms of Blankenhain — a rampant white lion on blue field supported by red-mantled figures and surmounted by a crown — above a ribbon scroll inscribed 'Stadt Blankenhain i. Thür.' and a text panel below; at right, a craftsman seated at a potter's wheel working a vessel, with finished ceramics displayed on a shelf behind him. The header in red Fraktur script reads 'Blankenhain i. Thür.' flanked by validity notice at upper left and 'Gemeindevorstand' with a manuscript signature at upper right; the printer's imprint 'H. Stürtz A.G. Würzb.rg.' appears at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Richly coloured letterpress vignette framed by a decorative border of pine branches and cones in dark red and green. The central composition presents a panoramic view of Blankenhain with its castle and onion-domed tower set among rooftops and foliage, framed at right by tall conifers rendered in fine detail with an artist's signature 'H. Oehler' at lower right. A cartouche scroll in the foreground bears a poetic inscription in Fraktur script; the denomination '50 Pf.' and the heading 'Notgeld der Stadt Blankenhain i. Thür.' are set in ornate Gothic lettering at upper left, and the serial number appears at lower right. |
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Blankenhain's 1921 notgeld issue was one of thousands of municipal emergency currency pieces produced across Germany as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation during the postwar inflation spiral. What distinguishes this particular issue is the printer: H. Stürtz AG in Würzburg was a university press, not a commercial banknote house, and its involvement reflects how far municipalities had to cast their nets when commissioning emergency currency. Engraver H. Oehler's credit on a notgeld piece is worth noting — such attributions are relatively uncommon at this denomination and issuer level.