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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kranichfeld, 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 | The obverse is printed in red, black, and yellow on cream paper, with a horizontal ruled underprint across the field. Two circular vignettes flank a central cartouche: the left vignette shows an elevated view of Kranichfeld's upper castle amid trees, while the right vignette presents a view of the lower castle; between them, a coloured figure of a fool or jester in motley costume carries a globe, accompanied by a verse text in the cartouche. The denomination '50' appears in bold red numerals at upper left and right corners, and again in a large circular panel at lower left, with 'PFENNIG' in bold red letterpress along the lower register; at lower right, the town arms — a shield bearing a crane with the date 1650 — are printed in red and black. The date 'Kranichfeld, d. 22.2.1921', the issuing authority 'Das Bürgermeisteramt:', and a manuscript signature appear along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT KRANICHFELD (Im) 50 50 DIES' GESCHAH DURCH HASS UND NEID BEWEISET NUN IN DIESER ZEIT, DASS WIR SCHON LÄNGST DAVON BEFREIT. 50 PFENNIG Kranichfeld, d. 22.2.1921 Das Bürgermeisteramt: 1650 |
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Kranichfeld is a small town in Thuringia, and this note is a product of the Kleingeldersatz crisis of 1921, when coin shortages left municipal and commercial issuers scrambling to cover low-denomination transactions. Thousands of German towns issued their own Notgeld during this period, but Thuringian issues from smaller communities are disproportionately scarce in collector holdings today — low original print runs compounded by indifferent survival rates.
The 50 Pfennig denomination sits at the practical heart of everyday small change, which means these circulated hard before redemption.