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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Alsfeld (City of Alsfeld) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Red and black letterpress note issued to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the city of Alsfeld (1222–1922), with a banner scroll inscription across the top and the founding and issue years flanking a central vignette of the city's heraldic shield — a lion passant holding a sword — set within an elaborate cartouche of foliate ornament in red and black. The denomination '50' appears in large bold numerals to the left and right, with 'Pfg' below each, and the issuance date 'Alsfeld, d. 25. Juni 1922' and the Mayor's facsimile signature appear at the lower centre, with the printer's imprint in the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on buff-toned paper and is divided into two equal vignette panels side by side, each rendered in a detailed pen-and-ink etching style. The left panel, captioned 'Blick hinter dem Rathaus,' shows a street view behind Alsfeld's historic town hall with timber-framed buildings and a decorative hanging sign. The right panel, captioned 'Turmdurchgang der Walpurgiskirche,' depicts the Gothic tower passage of the Walpurgis Church, with a figure visible beneath the pointed arch; the artist's monogram signature appears at the lower right. |
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Alsfeld's 1922 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as hyperinflation began accelerating in earnest. By this point, cities were no longer printing Notgeld out of genuine coin shortage — as in 1918–1921 — but partly to meet collector demand, a phenomenon the Reichsbank viewed with increasing irritation.
Scharfes Druckereien in Wetzlar handled a considerable volume of Hessian municipal Notgeld during this period. The DeNG reference number suggests this is one of seven known variants within the 16.1 sub-series, distinguishable typically by color, serial position, or minor typographic differences rather than design changes.