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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Quedlinburg (City of Quedlinburg) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a dramatic silhouette of the Quedlinburg skyline — dominated by the twin spires of the collegiate church atop the castle hill — set against radiating sunbeams emanating from a circular monogram at upper centre. Flanking the central panel are two vertical cartouches, each bearing the denomination '50 PFENNIG' and the validity dates 'GÜLTIG 22.–23. APRIL 1922' with a manuscript signature below; the lower corners carry, at left, a gilt eagle arms and the year '922', and at right, the city's crossed-keys heraldic shield and the year '1922'. A decorative foliate border runs across the top, and the printer's imprint 'H. MEYERDING QUEDLINBURG' appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed cross-hatched view through an arched Gothic portal, identified at upper left as 'Rathaus', rendered in a fine woodcut-style technique with strong contrasts of black and white. Flanking the central scene are two vertical side panels with a teal bubble-pattern underprint, each bearing the denomination '50 PF' in white lettering within a dark banner, overlaid on silhouette figures of medieval townspeople. The designer attribution 'Gez. von Fenzlau' appears at upper right. |
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Quedlinburg's 1922 Notgeld series belongs to the final wave of German municipal emergency currency before federal stabilization efforts collapsed entirely into hyperinflation. Stadt Quedlinburg contracted H. Meyerding locally — an unusual choice, since most towns of comparable size farmed their Notgeld printing to larger specialist houses in Leipzig or Berlin. Designer Fenzlau's involvement suggests this was a deliberate civic commission rather than a rushed stopgap, though "Fenzlau" remains poorly documented in the Notgeld literature.
Quedlinburg's Ottonian abbey history made it a popular subject for decorative Notgeld series aimed partly at collectors, a practice that was already undermining the currency's practical function by 1921–22.