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50 Pfennig Detaillisten-Vereinigung der Bezirke Witzenhausen, Oberkaufungen, Lichtenau, Großalmerode
| Issuer | Detaillisten-Vereinigung Großalmerode e.V. |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Orange and black letterpress reverse with the denomination numeral '50' printed in large bold figures at the upper left and upper right corners. The central vignette depicts a sailing vessel under full sail navigating rough seas, framed by a geometric border of interlocking diagonal stripes. To the left, a panel displays a set of balance scales, symbolic of trade and commerce; to the right, a caduceus with spread wings alludes to mercantile activity, consistent with the issuing retailers' association. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 |
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Großalmerode was kaolin country — the town's entire economic identity in the early twentieth century was built on mining and ceramics, particularly crucibles and retorts used in industrial chemistry across Europe. When the postwar currency shortage forced local merchant associations to issue their own fractional Kleingeld, it was the retail trade association — not the municipality or a bank — that stepped in here, covering four named districts simultaneously under a single issuing body. That administrative breadth across Witzenhausen, Oberkaufungen, Lichtenau, and Großalmerode is unusual even by Notgeld standards.
Bodenheim u. Co. in nearby Allendorf an der Werra handled the printing — a small regional firm serving the hyperinflation-era demand that overwhelmed larger commercial printers.