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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Quedlinburg (City of Quedlinburg) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Issued as a Jubiläums-Gutschein (jubilee voucher) to mark the 1000-year anniversary of the city of Quedlinburg, the obverse carries a large central vignette in an oval frame showing a group of jovial figures — the so-called 'lustige Münzenberger' — in period costume, set against a panoramic view of the city with church spires in the background. To the left, a costumed female figure holds a garland, while to the right a uniformed figure displays a handwritten redemption notice giving the face value of 50 Pfennig and the validity date of 22 April 1922, countersigned by the Magistrat. The title inscription in decorative Fraktur script occupies the upper third of the note, with the printer's imprint 'H. Meyerding Quedlinburg' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Jubiläums-Gutschein Zur 1000-Jahr-Feier der Stadt Quedlinburg Es grüßen die lustigen Münzenberger Dieser Schein ist gültig für 50 Pfennig in der Zeit vom 22. April 1922. Das Magistrat H. MEYERDING QUEDLINBURG |
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Quedlinburg's 1922 Notgeld issue was one of thousands of municipal emergency currency schemes that flooded Germany during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early Weimar Republic. What distinguishes the Quedlinburg series from generic municipal scrip is the use of a local printer — H. Meyerding — rather than one of the large-scale Notgeld specialists like Giesecke & Devrient or the Reichsdruckerei. Local printing at this scale was unusual and occasionally resulted in inconsistent ink coverage and registration across the six-note series, of which this 50 Pfennig is the first.
By late 1923, nearly all Notgeld of this type was demonetized and bulk-destroyed. Survivors exist largely because collectors had already pulled them from circulation.