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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Quedlinburg (City of Quedlinburg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1087.1c-3/4 |
| Obverse description | The left panel contains a dark-toned vignette of a medieval armoured knight standing on a decorative pedestal, set against a background of stylised red foliage rendered in a woodcut-like graphic style. The right panel, printed on a stippled beige ground, carries the bold Gothic-script issuer inscription 'Gutschein der Stadt Quedlinburg' at the top, with the denomination '50 Pfennig' in a framed cartouche at centre. The validity clause 'Gültig bis zum 31. Dez. 1924' flanks the cartouche, while the date 'Quedlinburg, d. 1. Juni 1921' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' with manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Quedlinburg Gültig bis zum 31. Dez. 1924 50 Pfennig Zahlbar bei sämtlichen städtischen Kassen. Quedlinburg, d. 1. Juni 1921. Der Magistrat |
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Quedlinburg's 1921 Notgeld issues were produced locally by H. Meyerding, a printer based in the same town — an arrangement common in smaller German municipalities during the inflationary spiral of the early Weimar period, when central bank currency was hoarded and towns scrambled to meet everyday transaction demand. The result was often idiosyncratic design and variable print quality, since these firms were commercial printers by trade, not security specialists.
The reference suffix "1c" indicates a recognized color or paper variant within the series, suggesting Meyerding ran the job in multiple passes or batches — not unusual when a town reordered stock as the original pressing ran out.