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| Emittent | Kranichfeld, City of |
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| Jahr | 1921 |
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| Nennwert | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | 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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| Rückseitenlegende | In diesem Haus die Wiege stand vom Lindenwirtin-Dichter wohlbekannt. |
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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.