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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreis Herrschaft Schmalkalden (District of Herrschaft Schmalkalden) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gültig nur innerhalb des Kreises Herrschaft Schmalkalden Fünfzig Pfennig Der Kreis Herrschaft Schmalkalden verpflichtet sich zur Einlösung dieser Scheine bis zum 30. September 1922 Schmalkalden, den 1. Juli 1921 Nr. Kreisausschuß Der Vorsitzende Gez. v. Kurt Jäckel. Druck von Feodor Wilisch Schmalkalden |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and blue on cream paper, with a bold outer border of interlaced ornamental guilloche panels. A central rectangular vignette printed in blue shows a bust portrait of Friedrich d. Weise (Friedrich the Wise) in Renaissance dress, rendered in a woodcut style after a period likeness, with his name inscribed above in sans-serif capitals. A circular panel at lower left carries the numeral '50' within a guilloche ring, while a matching circular panel at lower right bears the abbreviation 'Pfg' in Gothic script. |
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Schmalkalden is better known for the 1531 Protestant League than for its paper money, but the town produced a surprisingly rich run of Notgeld during the early Weimar inflation years. This 50 Pfennig note is part of a locally printed series commissioned by the district authority — Feodor Wilisch was a Schmalkalden printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which accounts for the modest production values typical of small-town Notgeld from this period.
Kurt Jäckel's design credit is worth noting; named designers on Kleingeldscheine at this level are uncommon. The DeNG reference suffix variants (.3-5/6) indicate multiple print runs or paper stocks within the same basic design.