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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeindevorstand Ruhla |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Green and orange Notgeld note with a repeating ornamental border underprint. Central vignette shows a craftsmen workshop scene with figures at work, flanked by denomination numerals 50; issued at Ruhla in Thüringen, dated 1 April 1921. |
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| Reverse description | Full-width vignette in black and salmon tones illustrates a town fire scene with firemen and townspeople in period dress, a dialect verse inset in the upper field. Lower panel bears the note's formal title in bold sans-serif lettering. |
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Ruhla, a small Thuringian town historically tied to watch and pipe manufacturing, issued this note through its municipal authority during the acute small-change shortage of 1921 — the same Kleingeldnot that forced hundreds of German towns to print their own Notgeld rather than wait for an unresponsive Reichsbank. Hoppert's signature as signatory reflects local municipal administration rather than any banking institution; Ruhla had no issuing bank of its own.
The series from this issuer is modest in scope, which keeps collector pressure relatively low despite the town's regional charm.