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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Dornburg an der Saale (City of Dornburg an der Saale, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is a richly coloured lithographic vignette in the Expressionist Jugendstil manner, showing the Goethe-Schloss at Dornburg set amid foliage rendered in greens, reds, and blues, with 'Rathaus' inscribed at upper left. In the right foreground stands the aged Goethe seen from behind in a dark coat, gazing toward the castle, identified by the caption 'der alte Goethe 1828' at upper right. A lower panel in blue carries the Notgeld legend in large Gothic lettering, with the denomination numeral '50' in red at each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | der alte Goethe 1828 Rathaus 50 Notgeld der Stadt Dornburg a/Saale 50 Druck: Johannes Arndt-Jena |
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Dornburg an der Saale issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that swept Germany in 1921, when inflationary pressure had driven metal coins out of circulation almost entirely. The town is better known for its three Renaissance and Baroque palaces perched above the Saale — Goethe famously retreated there in 1828 following the death of Grand Duke Carl August — but the municipal treasury's more pressing concern that year was keeping everyday commerce moving.
Johannes Arndt in Jena produced Notgeld for dozens of Thuringian municipalities during this period, working under considerable pressure of volume. The proximity of the printer to the issuer was entirely practical.