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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rudolstadt (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Grey side panels flank a central vignette of a panoramic city view enclosed within a green decorative wreath, with the denomination '50 Pfg' printed in yellow at the left and right margins. The city coat of arms of Rudolstadt appears across the lower portion of the central field, accompanied by a banner inscription. The note bears the issuing authority title, printer's imprint of Lorsch & Nachbar, Rudolstadt, and a validity notice stipulating expiration on 1 January 1922. |
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| Reverse lettering | ANNO 1799 HOLDER FRIEDE, SÜSSE EINTRACHT WEILET FREUNDLICH ÜBER DIESER STADT 50Pfg 50Pfg (Translation: ANNO 1799 BLESSED PEACE, SWEET HARMONY, DWELL IN FRIENDSHIP OVER THIS CITY 50Pfg 50Pfg) |
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Rudolstadt issued this Notgeld piece during the inflationary spiral of 1921, when German municipalities were routinely forced to print their own fractional currency to cover the catastrophic shortfall of official small change. Lorsch & Nachbar, the local Rudolstadt printer, handled the production — an entirely local operation from authorization to finished note, which was not always the case with Thuringian Notgeld of this period.
The 1146 series from Rudolstadt ran across multiple face values and design variants; the ".1a" suffix in the DeNG reference indicates this is among the earlier printings within that run.