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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Kronach (City Council of Kronach) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The central panel carries the elaborate heraldic arms of Kronach — a quartered shield with roses and crowns in red and white, supported by two écorché (flayed) male figures rendered in striking anatomical detail in the Mannerist tradition, the whole surmounted by ornate acanthus scrollwork and a crested helm. Flanking side panels repeat the denomination '50' in bold red within oval cartouches surrounded by intricate black decorative scroll patterns. The city name 'Kronach' appears in Gothic script at the top centre, with 'Fünfzig' and 'Pfennig' in matching Gothic lettering at the upper and lower corners respectively; the artist's signature 'F. SCHWARZ' is inscribed at the base of the central panel. |
| Reverse lettering | Kronach Fünfzig Pfennig 50 F. SCHWARZ |
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Kronach's 1921 Pfennig notgeld sits within a well-documented series — the DeNG reference tracks six distinct varieties under this single catalog grouping, suggesting the city issued multiple dates or colour variants across the run, as was common practice among Bavarian municipalities scrambling to maintain small-change liquidity during the coin shortage of the early Weimar period. F. Schwarz's design credit is unusual enough to be worth noting; most notgeld of this scale was farmed out anonymously to local printers.