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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Nordhausen am Harz (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Orange and black letterpress reverse with a symmetrical tripartite composition on an amber foliate underprint. The wide central panel contains a detailed street-level view of the Finkenburg in Nordhausen — a steep stone stairway flanked by ivy-covered historic buildings receding toward an open sky with trees. Flanking panels at left and right each carry a shield bearing the numeral '50' surmounted by a black bird (a finch, alluding to the Finkenburg), set against the foliate background, with 'Pfennig' in Gothic script below each shield. The denomination '50 Pfennig' and the title 'DIE FINKENBURG' run along the top border, while the bottom border reads '50 PFENNIG. — STADT NORDHAUSEN AM HARZ. — 50 PFENNIG.' |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Pfennig ✦ DIE FINKENBURG ✦ 50 Pfennig Pfennig Pfennig 50 PFENNIG. – STADT NORDHAUSEN AM HARZ. – 50 PFENNIG. |
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Nordhausen's 1921 notgeld series was among the more systematically produced municipal issues of the Weimar inflation period — the Magistrat authorized multiple denominations and design variants, with this 50 Pfennig piece cataloged as a distinct subtype under the 987.1 group. The suffix "f" indicates a recognized printing or paper variant, not simply a condition difference, which matters for completeness collectors working the DeNG classification.
By 1921, German municipal notgeld had long since shed its original emergency function and was being deliberately printed for the collector trade — a practice the Reichsbank found increasingly irritating and moved to suppress by late 1922.