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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig Notgeld der Stadt Rothenburg ob der Tauber Einlösbar bei der Stadtkasse Rothenburg o/T. bis 31. Dez. 1921 Rothenburg d. 24. Juni 1921 Der Stadtrat: 1. Bürgermeister ADOLF HOSSE Rothenburg o/T. |
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| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Pf. Rothenburger Festspiel · Der Bseltrunk · Bürgermeister Bezold Die Ehr der Stadt u. meine - diesem Rufe der Pflicht gehorcht ich treu u. unwerwandt |
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production during the postwar inflation spiral, but it leaned harder into the tourist angle than most. The town's notgeld series was deliberately designed as collectible souvenirs — attractive enough that visitors would pocket them rather than spend them, which suited the issuer fine.
Adolf Hosse was a local printer, and keeping production in-town was typical of smaller Bavarian municipalities that lacked connections to the major Leipzig or Berlin printing houses. The DeNG reference suffix ".2a-1/6" indicates this is one note within a consecutively numbered set, with variations tracked across the subseries.