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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Erfurt |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Red and black two-colour letterpress note with the large bold numeral '50' in a rectangular central vignette, flanked at upper left by a Luther rose motif and at upper right by a Erfurt wheel heraldic medallion. Below the central vignette, the denomination is spelled out in Gothic script as 'Fünfzig Pfennig' with a full text redemption clause split across two columns, followed by the bold inscription 'Notgeld der Stadt Erfurt' with decorative floral ornaments. The date 'Erfurt, den 7. April 1921' and the issuing authority 'der Magistrat' appear at the bottom, above the serial number prefix 'E' and a manuscript signature; the printer's imprint 'A. Hanf – Erfurt.' is in small type at the very foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Red and black two-colour woodcut-style vignette printed by Otto Richters & Co., occupying virtually the full note surface, rendered in an Expressionist manner. The central scene shows a bearded male figure — evoking a reformer or preacher — raising his hand in a commanding gesture toward a smaller kneeling figure, set against an architectural Gothic arch background. Gothic script text panels flank the scene on both left and right with quotation passages; the printer's imprint 'Otto Richters & Co. Erfurt.' appears in small type at the lower right margin. |
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Erfurt's municipal authority issued multiple 50 Pfennig notgeld types during the inflationary spiral of the early Weimar years, and this piece is one of two closely related variants documented under the same DeNG sequence — the 4/5 suffix distinguishing a design or printing detail from its sibling. Both Alfred Hanf and Otto Richters & Co. were local Erfurt printers, suggesting the city split production between two firms, possibly to meet demand or hedge against delivery delays.
Magistrat-issued notgeld from Thuringian cities in 1921 tends to be undervalued relative to its actual scarcity — municipal redemption programs destroyed substantial quantities.