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50 Pfennig
| Uitgever | Magistrat Wettin |
|---|---|
| Jaar | |
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| Waarde | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The central vignette presents a dramatic nocturnal rendering of a tall Gothic tower — likely the Wettin castle tower — silhouetted against a large pale circular moon, executed in deep blue-green and black tones. The denomination numeral '50' appears at the lower right, overlaid with a small heraldic shield, while a banner below reads 'Verfällt 1 Monat nach Abruf' and the issuing authority 'Magistrat Wettin a.S.' is inscribed in Gothic blackletter. Vertical Gothic-script text runs along all four borders, with the bottom margin bearing the legend 'Wettin / der alte Göttersitz'. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Wettin / der alte Göttersitz Magistrat Wettin a.S. Verfällt 1 Monat nach Abruf Dem »Witten« domt den Namen und »Samund« der nadel jager als Wettin jagten |
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Wettin, a small town on the Saale River in Saxony-Anhalt, issued Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that followed World War One. Municipal authorities across Germany — from major cities down to villages of a few thousand — were authorized to print their own emergency fractional currency when the Reichsbank could no longer supply adequate coin. A magistrat issue like this one carries no bank backing whatsoever; it was redeemable only locally, essentially on the goodwill of the issuing town.
Wettin gives its name to the royal House of Wettin, whose dynastic reach extended to the British throne. Whether that connection influenced any design choices on these notes is a separate matter.