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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kranichfeld, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 100 × 71 mm |
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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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| Reverse lettering | 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.