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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Erfurt |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Green and dark brown letterpress note printed by Otto Richters & Co., Erfurt. The central vignette, executed in a bold Expressionist woodcut style, shows a robed figure reading from an open book, with stylised rays of light emanating from the upper right. Vertical Gothic blackletter text panels flank the scene on both sides, carrying a two-part poetic inscription. The printer's imprint 'OTTO RICHTERS U. CO, ERFURT.' appears in small capitals along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Das ewige Licht geht da herein leuchtet wohl müsten gänder Nacht |
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Erfurt's municipal 50 Pfennig notgeld from 1921 sits in the tail end of Germany's first wave of inflation-driven emergency coinage — by this point, hundreds of German cities were printing their own fractional currency to plug the gap left by a chronic shortage of small-denomination Reichsmünzen. What distinguishes the Erfurt civic issues is the split printing arrangement: Alfred Hanf handled one portion of the run while Otto Richters & Co. handled another, both operating locally, which accounts for subtle typographical differences collectors use to distinguish the varieties catalogued under this reference.