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50 Pfennig Burgruine Greifenstein
| Issuer | Bad Blankenburg (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black Notgeld note printed in letterpress, centred on a large oval vignette of the Greifenstein castle ruins perched on a wooded hilltop above a river valley. The title "Burgruine Greifenstein" appears in bold Fraktur script on a decorative banner across the upper portion, flanked at upper left by the denomination inscription "Gutschein 1921" and at upper right by "über Fünfzig Pfennige"; large numeral "50" denominators are set to either side of the central vignette. Below the vignette, a lower panel carries the expiry notice and the issuing authority signature line. |
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| Reverse lettering | Bei Blankenburg im schönen Schwarzathal Hat man Naturschönheiten ohne Zahl Drum wird mit Recht im ganzen Land "Perle Thüringens" es benannt. Hochdroben ragt der "Greifenstein" Bekannt als Burg bei Groß u. Klein Drum kommt herbei aus Deutschlands Gaun Um Euch dies Alles anzuschaun! |
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Bad Blankenburg was one of hundreds of German municipalities that issued Notgeld during the inflationary chaos of the early 1920s, but the print date here is the real curiosity. April 30, 1945 — the day Hitler died in Berlin and Soviet forces were hours from completing the encirclement of the city — is stamped on a 50 Pfennig note from a small Thuringian spa town, a denomination that had been economically meaningless for over two decades by that point.
Whether this represents a clerical anomaly, a philatelic backdating, or something stranger is unresolved.