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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gera (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | GERA-REUSS WIRD VON ALLEN STADTKASSEN IN ZAHLUNG GENOMMEN DER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT AM 1. APRIL 1922 GERA AM 1.5.1921 DER STADTRAT 50 PF |
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| Reverse lettering | REICH + UND + BLUEHEND DURCH + RASTLOSES + WEBEN 50 PF |
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Gera's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as post-WWI coin shortages left small transactions impossible. The Thuringian city, like hundreds of others, printed its own fractional notes under implicit tolerance from the Reichsbank rather than any formal authorization — a makeshift system that worked until hyperinflation made the denominations meaningless anyway.
The watermarked paper distinguishes this from cheaper Notgeld struck on plain stock, suggesting the city used pre-sourced security paper rather than whatever was available locally.