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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtilm (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a Gothic crypt interior (labelled "Krypta") with ribbed stone arches and ornate columns receding into the background, flanked on either side by oval cartouches bearing the denomination "50 Pfg." in bold numerals against decorative foliate underprint panels. At the base, the municipal coat of arms of Stadtilm — a shield with a stylised gatehouse — is set into a ribbon banner carrying the validity clause and the date of issue, with a manuscript signature of the Stadtrat to the lower right. The heading "Notgeld der Stadt Stadtilm" is rendered in blackletter script across the upper border. |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadtilm 50 PF. 50 Pfennig Eisenbahn-Viadukt Wiedemannsche Druckerei A.-G. Saalfeld i. Thür. |
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Stadtilm is a small town in the Ilm valley, and like hundreds of German municipalities it turned to emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the inflationary chaos that followed the First World War. The Reichsbank's coin shortage, driven partly by metal hoarding and partly by the collapse of purchasing power, forced local authorities to print their own fractional currency to keep commerce moving. Wiedemannsche Druckerei in nearby Saalfeld handled a large volume of Thuringian Notgeld commissions during this period, making them one of the more prolific regional printers of the series.