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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Treffurt a.d. Werra |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 87.6 × 56.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vertical panels framed by a dark outer border, with the denomination numeral '50' in large red figures on a green vertically-lined underprint at left, and 'Pfg' in matching red script at right. The central panel carries a bold stylised number '7' motif with the words 'Notgeld' in red and black on a ribbon across it. The left panel bears the validity inscription 'Giltig bis 1.2.1922. Einlösbar bei der Stadtkasse.' and the right panel carries the issuing authority 'Magistrat der Stadt Treffurt a.d. Werra, den 1.6.1921.' with a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister; above and below the panels run two lines of black Fraktur verse text. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 50 Als Treffurt war noch Ganerb schaft e floß aus der Kelter Rebensaft. |
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Treffurt an der Werra is a small town in Thuringia, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German emergency money — the so-called "Serienscheine" period when municipalities discovered that attractive small-denomination notes could be sold to collectors at face value, generating revenue well beyond their nominal worth. Chr. Gerlach in Mühlhausen was a regional printer with a solid run of Thuringian Notgeld commissions during this period. Designer M.E. Beyrer's credit appearing on the note is characteristic of the era's collector-oriented production, where artistic attribution was part of the sales appeal.