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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipality of Rehmen (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and grey-blue, with the issuer's name 'Notgeld Gem. Rehmen' set in bold Gothic (Fraktur) lettering across a pale blue banner at the top. A central white triangle frames the denomination numeral '50' and the word 'Pfennig' in ornate script, flanked on either side by large, symmetrical red foliate scroll vignettes on a blue-grey ground. Below the central triangle appear a serial number, the issue date, two manuscript signatures above their respective official titles, the designer's name, and the printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a lively, coloured vignette in the style of early 1920s German Notgeld illustration, showing the Rehmer Moor family bathing establishment: bathers swim, dive from a wooden platform, and paddle a canoe on a reeded pond, with half-timbered buildings and trees visible in the background. A circular life-ring motif at upper centre bears the establishment's name, while four corner vignettes in yellow frames depict aquatic motifs including fish and fishing tackle. The designer's signature 'M.W. Schulz' appears at lower left. |
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Rehmen is a village so small it barely registers in most regional histories, yet like hundreds of similarly obscure Thuringian communes it found itself issuing emergency currency during the 1921 small-change crisis — a period when coin metal was being hoarded faster than the Reichsbank could replenish circulation. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled an enormous volume of this Notgeld work, printing for municipalities across Germany with a consistency that gave even the most minor issues a degree of professional finish unusual for emergency scrip.
The watermarked paper is worth noting — not all Notgeld from this period bothered with security stock, and its presence here suggests either a cautious issuing committee or simply whatever Parcus had on hand.