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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Orlamünde (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set in a typographic letterpress style with blackletter (Fraktur) script throughout. The denomination numeral '50' appears in large bold type at both the upper left and upper right, flanking the central legend 'Gutschein' within a lightly guilloche-bordered panel, below which the issuing authority 'der Stadt Orlamünde i. Thür.' is inscribed in a full-width band. The lower register is divided into three compartments: at left, a validity clause in Fraktur; at centre, the full-colour municipal coat of arms of Orlamünde displaying a black lion on gold with pink mantling, dated '11 94'; and at right, the place and date of issue 'Orlamünde i. Thür. den 2. Sept. 1921. Der Stadtrat.' accompanied by a manuscript signature. A red six-digit serial number appears at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | Orlamünde, Oberes Tor. Gebr. Sporleder. |
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Orlamünde is a small Thuringian town at the confluence of the Saale and Orla rivers, and the 1921 Notgeld issue reflects the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany as postwar inflation began dismantling the coinage supply. Municipal Notgeld of this period was frequently commissioned from regional commercial printers rather than specialist security houses — Cawar in Halle was exactly that kind of workhorse firm, serving dozens of small Saxon and Thuringian issuers during the 1920–1922 wave.
The Gebr. Sporleder design credit is unusual enough to note: sibling design partnerships were uncommon in Notgeld production, where most artwork was handled by single illustrators or in-house staff.