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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Ilsenburg, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 January 1923 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown, orange, and olive tones on pale paper with a ruled border frame. The denomination numeral "50" appears in large orange letterpress figures at centre within a rectangular panel, flanked by two oval vignettes: at left, an ornate ewer with a ribbon scroll inscribed "Rathaus", and at right, a decorative ceramic vase with a scroll reading "Keram". The upper register carries the denomination legend in Gothic script, while the lower register is divided into three text panels bearing the invalidation notice at left, a four-line poetic verse in the centre, and the issuing authority's date and facsimile signature at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig Dieser Schein wird am 1 Januar 1923 ungültig. Es grüne die Tanne ~~~ Es wachse das Erz – Gott schenke uns allen Ein Fröhliches Herz! ~~~ Ilsenburg 1 Juni 1921 der Gemeindevorsteher Druckerei Appelhans, Braunschweig |
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Ilsenburg's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the flood of municipal emergency money that German towns printed as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation during the postwar inflation spiral. Appelhans in Braunschweig was a prolific Notgeld printer, handling dozens of municipal contracts across Lower Saxony simultaneously — which means the production quality here is competent but decidedly industrial rather than the artistically ambitious Notgeld some larger towns commissioned.
The GrM 644.2e series distinguishes multiple Ilsenburg types by paper and serial variations, making precise attribution worth the extra scrutiny at acquisition.