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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Stolberg im Harz |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Fürsten-Denkmal Notgeld der Stadt Stolberg (Harz) 50 Pf. Dieser Schein wird ungültig drei Monate nach Abruf. Der Magistrat. (Translation: Princes' Monument / Emergency money / of the City of Stolberg (Harz) / 50 Pfennig / This note becomes invalid three months after recall. / The Magistrate.) |
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| Reverse lettering | Der Klingelbrunnen. "Wer Klingelbrunnens Quell genießt, Das schöne Stolberg nie vergißt." Stolberg (Harz) (Translation: The Bell Fountain. / "Whoever enjoys the spring of the Bell Fountain, / never forgets beautiful Stolberg." / Stolberg (Harz)) |
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Stolberg im Harz — the small Harz mountain town, not the larger industrial Stolberg near Aachen — issued this note during the acute coin shortage of 1922, when hyperinflation had driven metal currency out of circulation almost entirely. Municipal authorities across Germany were authorized to issue Kleingeldersatz of this type, and hundreds of towns did exactly that. What distinguishes individual issues is usually the printer and the local design choices made under pressure.
The DeNG reference suffix ".2a" indicates a catalogued variety within the series, likely a paper stock or print run distinction rather than a text change.