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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtlengsfeld (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Orange-bordered Notgeld on a green guilloche underprint field with interlocking decorative border elements at each corner. The denomination numeral '50' appears in all four corners, with the central text in German blackletter script reading 'Fünfzig Pfennig' followed by the issuing authority 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Stadtlengsfeld' and the date 'den 1. September 1921'. At centre, the oval municipal seal of Stadtlengsfeld is flanked by two manuscript signatures above the serial number, with the printer's imprint 'H. Stürtz A.G. Würzburg' in the lower right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig Gutschein der Gemeinde Stadtlengsfeld. Ungültig einen Monat nach ortsüblicher Aufkündigung. Stadtlengsfeld, den 1. September 1921. Der Gemeindevorstand: Der Gemeinderat: SIEGEL DER STADTGEMEINDE STADTLENGSFELD No |
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Stadtlengsfeld is a small town in the Rhön uplands, and its 1921 Notgeld issue is typical of the municipal emergency currency wave that flooded Germany following the postwar coin shortage. What makes this series worth noting is the printer: H. Stürtz AG in Würzburg was one of the more capable university press operations in Bavaria, and their Notgeld commissions — taken on in volume during 1920–1922 — are generally well-executed compared to the cruder lithographic work from smaller regional print shops.
The DeNG reference suffix "-1/6" indicates this is the first of six variants in the local series, a detail that matters to collectors assembling complete municipal sets.