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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Genthin |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-pink and dark blue Notgeld note with a central vignette of the Madonna and Child set within a radiant mandorla of sunburst rays, rendered in an expressive woodcut style. Denomination panels reading '50 Pfennig' appear at upper left and right, flanking the central image, with the issuing authority legend split across the left and right text blocks. Date line at foot reads 'Genthin, den 1. Juli 1921' with two facsimile signatures to the right above a manuscript serial number at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Genthin 50 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städt. Kassen in Zahlung genommen und verliert drei Monate nach Aufforderung zur Einlösung seine Gültigkeit. Genthin, den 1. Juli 1921 Der Magistrat |
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Genthin is a small town in the Magdeburg district of Saxony-Anhalt, and this note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities between 1919 and 1922 — a period when chronic small-coin shortages forced local authorities to issue their own emergency fractional currency. The Magistrat had no printing infrastructure of its own; Alfred Hanf of Erfurt was a reliable regional supplier to dozens of similar municipal issuers across central Germany during this period.
Collector-grade Notgeld of this type was often printed in deliberate surplus and sold directly to dealers and collectors, muddying any attempt to reconstruct true circulation figures.