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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtlengsfeld (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1251.1a-2/6 |
| Obverse description | Grey-green note with an orange stepped-corner decorative border enclosing a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner, rendered in large Gothic letterpress. The central text, set in Fraktur script, reads 'Fünfzig Pfennig' followed by the issuing authority and date of issue. At centre, an oval municipal seal of the Stadtgemeinde Stadtlengsfeld shows a standing female figure, flanked by two manuscript facsimile signatures of the Gemeindevorstand and the Gemeinderat; the printer's imprint 'H. Stürtz A.G. Würzburg' is visible at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Richly coloured vignette in red and gold tones, with an ornate scrollwork border incorporating stylised 'S' motifs at the corners and the numeral '2' at each side centre. A large oval cartouche at centre contains a polychrome illustrated scene drawn in a fairy-tale style: a traveller holding a blue flower stands at the entrance to a mountain cave filled with treasure chests overflowing with gold coins, a goblet on a table, and two dwarves visible in the illuminated cavern beyond. A legend in Fraktur script arches around the oval above and below. |
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Stadtlengsfeld is a small Thuringian town, and its 1921 Notgeld issue is about as local as emergency currency gets. The Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz AG in Würzburg was a well-regarded academic press that took on considerable Notgeld work during the inflation years — their output for dozens of small municipalities tends to share a certain typographical tidiness that distinguishes it from the cruder lithographic jobs produced elsewhere.
The DeNG reference suffix ".1a-2/6" suggests this is one of several variants within the series, likely differentiated by serial number range or minor printing differences rather than any redesign.