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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Annaburg, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the municipal arms of Annaburg — a shield containing a rose tree with red blossoms on a green mound — flanked on each side by octagonal panels bearing the denomination numeral '50' in red and black. A scrolled ribbon above the shield carries the inscription 'Städtlein Annaburg 1921' in Gothic lettering, while two rectangular text panels to the left and right contain the redemption clause in German blackletter script. The serial number and the manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorstand appear in the lower portion, above the imprint line 'Annaburg Bes. Halle August 1921'. |
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| Reverse lettering | Auch der Gemahl, der öfters fror Zog ihren selbstgebrauten vor; Oft weilt er in der Hexenküche Und atmete die Wohlgerüche. |
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Annaburg is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, and this note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities in 1921 as postwar inflation made small-denomination Reichsmark coins effectively disappear from circulation. The printer, Louis Koch of Halberstadt, handled contracts for numerous local authorities across central Germany during this period — workmanlike output, not a prestige commission.
The DeNG reference indicates this belongs to a series of six variants (34.1–6/6), typical of towns that issued thematic sets intended as much for collector sale as for actual use. By 1921 the Notgeld collector market was substantial enough that many municipalities printed beyond genuine monetary need.