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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Weida (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT WEIDA (TH.) 50 PF. DER GEMEINDEVORSTAND. DER GEMEINDERAT. DIESER SCHEIN WIRD VON DER STADTKASSE JEDERZEIT IN REICHSGELD EINGEWECHSELT UND VERLIERT 4 WOCHEN NACH ÖFFENTLICHER AUFFORDERUNG SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT. E. Günther, Gera R. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in vivid teal, black, red, and terracotta tones, with the denomination '50 Pf.' in bold numerals at upper left and right within a teal border carrying a repeated aphorism. The central vignette portrays a leather craftsman in a brown apron and wooden clogs, bent over a workbench as he works a large hide — a reference to Weida's historically significant leather industry, identified by the inscription 'WEIDAER LEDER' at lower centre. A red decorative band runs along the bottom edge of the inner panel. |
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Weida is a small textile town in the Saale-Orla district, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany when chronic small-coin shortages made ordinary commerce nearly impossible. The Reichsbank had effectively abandoned low-denomination metal coinage — wartime metal requisitions and postwar inflation made it unviable — leaving thousands of towns to fill the gap themselves.
E. Günther of Gera was a regional print house responsible for a significant number of Thuringian Notgeld issues during this period, which means collector demand for the printer's output as a thematic grouping has historically been stronger than demand for Weida specifically.