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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schaala (Municipality of Schaala, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1170.1-3/3 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, olive-gold, and brown on white paper, the reverse is divided into three vertical panels: the two outer panels carry the numeral '50' in large white figures on deep blue grounds, with flanking olive-gold guilloche scroll borders. The wide central panel presents a detailed brown vignette of the local village church with a square tower and spire, set beside a large tree, with a blue sky behind. Along the bottom margin, the inscription 'PFENNIG GEMEINDE SCHAALA PFENNIG' is printed in olive-gold capitals. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 50 PFENNIG GEMEINDE SCHAALA PFENNIG |
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Schaala is a village so small it barely registers on regional maps — in 1921, its population numbered in the hundreds. That a municipality of this size issued its own emergency currency is less surprising than it might seem: the German Notgeld phenomenon of 1920–1922 produced thousands of local issues, many from communities issuing paper purely as collectibles sold to philatelists and numismatists, generating revenue rather than addressing any genuine cash shortage. Whether Schaala's motivation was practical or speculative is worth considering.
Lorsch & Nachbar of Rudolstadt printed a substantial share of Thuringian Notgeld during this period, being the nearest significant press to many small communities in the region.