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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Lauchstädt |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | J. Adolf Schwarz, Lindenberg im Allgäu |
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| Reverse description | Two oval portrait medallions, each encircled by a laurel wreath, occupy the centre of the note side by side: the left medallion bears a bust of Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched ("Gottschedin") and the right that of Johann Christoph Gottsched ("Gottsched"), both identified by name scrolls beneath their respective portraits. The denomination numeral "50" is repeated in each corner, and stylised wheat-ear vignettes fill the lateral margins. A header inscription reads "Berühmte Persönlichkeiten" and a footer inscription reads "Aus Lauchstedts klassischer Zeit", the whole printed in black and ochre on a pale ground with a light floral underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Berühmte Persönlichkeiten 50 Gottschedin Gottsched Aus Lauchstedts klassischer Zeit |
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Bad Lauchstädt, a small spa town in Saxony-Anhalt, was among thousands of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production as the postwar inflation of 1921 began consuming the Reich's small-denomination coinage. The Magistrat's decision to commission J. Adolf Schwarz in Lindenberg im Allgäu — a printer better known for regional Notgeld work in southern Germany — reflects how stretched local authorities were in sourcing any willing press at short notice.
Schwarz produced a substantial share of Bavaria's municipal Notgeld output during this period, which makes the Lauchstädt commission geographically unusual — roughly 600 kilometers between issuer and printer.