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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Altenburg (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Altenburg. Ausgegeben 1921. Verfalltag: Ein Monat nach Aufruf. Der Stadtrat Oberbürgermstr. Bürgermstr. Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik vorm. Schneider & Co |
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| Signature(s) | Schilles (Oberbürgermeister) and Schuhmacher (Bürgermeister) |
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The printer here is the real curiosity. Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik — a playing card manufacturer — was one of several non-specialist firms pressed into notgeld production as German municipalities scrambled to cover the small-change shortage of the early 1920s. Altenburg had been a center of playing card production since the sixteenth century, so the firm was a natural local choice, even if banknote printing was well outside its usual line.
Both a mayor and a deputy mayor signed — Schilles as Oberbürgermeister, Schuhmacher as Bürgermeister — a dual-signature arrangement reflecting the city's administrative structure rather than any special security requirement.