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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Steinbach bei Bad Liebenstein (Thuringia), Municipality of |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the obverse carries a central vignette in black letterpress print of a peasant woman in traditional Thuringian dress, shouldering a rake against a panoramic backdrop of the town of Steinbach nestled in a rolling valley. An orange oval cartouche in the upper left bears the validity inscription "GÜLTIG 30 TAGE NACH ABRUF," while a corresponding decorative orange rosette medallion appears at the upper right. The lower register is framed by green guilloche ornamental borders with two orange circular denomination roundels reading "50 Pf." flanking a central text panel bearing the issuer name and two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out with a central rectangular black letterpress vignette portraying two miners or industrial workers in helmets operating a drilling or pumping apparatus, rendered in a vigorous illustrative style and signed by the artist in the upper right corner. Green guilloche side panels with floral and geometric ornamental motifs flank the central scene, with orange denomination roundels reading "50 Pf." at either side. Below the vignette, a cartouche contains a four-line verse in German script lettering referencing Steinbach industry and the emergency paper currency nature of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | In der Steinbacher Industrie Wird gearbeit wie noch nie, Was man dafür erhält; Ist aus Papier, Notgeld! 50 Pf. |
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