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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rieder (Municipality of Rieder) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pfennig Notgeld Der Gemeinde Rieder am Ost-Harz Gehe hin in alle Lande – Und knüpfe neue Freundschaftsbande Doch nie kehre wieder Zurücke nach Rieder Gültig bis zum Aufruf. Rieder, den 1. Septemb. 1921. Der Gemeindevorstand i.V. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 RIEDER-OSTHARZ Der dicke Stein 50 |
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Rieder is a small village in the Harz region of Saxony-Anhalt, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the last significant wave of municipal emergency currency before the hyperinflation of 1922–1923 rendered small-denomination scrip economically irrelevant. Like hundreds of similar Gemeinde issues, this note was produced to address the chronic shortage of Reichsmark coinage — a problem that persisted long after the First World War ended, as metal hoarding and mint capacity failures left everyday commerce without adequate change.
The "a-b" variant designation in the DeNG reference indicates at least two distinguishable states, most likely differing in signature, paper stock, or serial arrangement rather than a formal reprint.