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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Schmölln (Thuringia), City Council |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A central Gothic-arched vignette presents a seated Madonna and Child figure rendered in a two-colour letterpress style against a vertically lined underprint in blue-green and peach tones. To the left, a white cartouche bears the issue year 'Ausgabe 1921' and the validity clause 'Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf'; to the right, a matching cartouche carries the issuing authority inscription 'Schmölln (Thüringen) / Der Stadtrat' accompanied by a manuscript facsimile signature. The outer border is filled with a running text listing local industries of Schmölln, and the large Gothic title 'Stadt Schmölln' spans the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Schmölln in Thür. Ausgabe · 1921 · Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf Schmölln (Thüringen) Der Stadtrat Stoffmaschine-Uhrengehäuse-Maschinen Zahnbürsten-Packungs-Fabr. Schuh-Pantoffel-Cigarren- Steinnuß- u. horn- knopf- holzschuh- |
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Schmölln, in eastern Thuringia, was one of Germany's principal centres of button manufacturing — a trade so dominant that the city styled itself the "Knopfstadt," the button capital. This notgeld issue leans hard into that identity, and C. Otter's design for Göpel & Bartzsch was printed locally, which was unusual enough in 1921 when many municipalities contracted larger Leipzig or Berlin houses for their emergency currency.
Göpel & Bartzsch operated primarily as a commercial printing firm in Schmölln rather than a specialist banknote printer, and the physical result reflects that — ink registration on some examples shows minor variance.