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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rudolstadt (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50Pfg 50Pfg WOHNUNG SCHILLERS 1788 Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 1. Jan 1922 Der Stadtrat (signature) GUTSCHEIN DER STADT RUDOLSTADT Lorsch & Nachbar, Rudolstadt (Translation: 50Pfg 50Pfg RESIDENCE OF SCHILLER 1788 This certificate loses its validity on Jan 1, 1922 The City Council (signature) VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF RUDOLSTADT Lorsch & Nachbar, Rudolstadt) |
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| Reverse lettering | ANNO 1799 VON DEM DOME SCHWER UND BANG TÖNT DIE GLOCKE GRABGESANG 50Pfg 50Pfg (Translation: ANNO 1799 FROM THE DOME GRAVE AND HEAVY TOLLS THE BELL FUNERAL KNELL 50Pfg 50Pfg) |
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Rudolstadt's 1921 Notgeld issue came at the height of Germany's postwar small-change crisis, when coin metal was being hoarded and municipal authorities across Thuringia were left to fill the gap themselves. Lorsch & Nachbar, a local Rudolstadt printer, handled the job — one of hundreds of provincial firms pressed into producing emergency currency for their own towns, with quality and longevity varying accordingly.
The DeNG reference suffix variants (1a through the series) reflect differences in paper stock and print runs across what was ultimately a short-lived issue, rendered obsolete once Reichsbank reforms began clawing back circulation authority from the municipalities in 1922.