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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ditfurt (Municipality of Ditfurt) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse lettering | Da sagte eine Bauersfrau: Ach kinners, makt die Sache schlau. Wei treten immer frisch und munter dä Eier noch en belchen runter 50 Pfennig |
| Signature(s) | Engelbrecht |
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Ditfurt is a village in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt, and like hundreds of similarly small German municipalities in 1921, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to compensate for the chronic shortage of small-denomination coins that had plagued everyday commerce since the war years. These hyperinflation-era municipal issues were often produced in short runs by local printers with limited means, which accounts for the variability in paper quality and ink coverage found across the series.
The Engelbrecht signature identifies a local official rather than a bank officer. No central authority backed the redemption.