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50 Pfennig Eifelverein
| Issuer | Eifelverein e.V., Ortsgruppe Speicher |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and ochre Notgeld note with two flanking vignettes, each enclosing the denomination numeral '50' in bold black Gothic lettering above the word 'Pfennig', set within ornamental cartouches with scroll-work borders. The central field carries a circular portrait vignette of 'Eifelvater Dr. Dronke' on a dark background, flanked by the dates 1837 and 1898. Below the portrait, a banner bears the redemption clause, and the lower ochre panel carries the issuing authority text, place, date, and two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 50 Pfennig 1837 1898 Eifelvater Dr. Dronke Dieser Gutschein wird bis zum 31.3.22. v.d. Ortsgruppe eingelöst. Speicher, den 1.9. 1921 Eifelverein e.V. Ortsgruppe Speicher: |
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The Eifelverein is a hiking and nature preservation society founded in 1888, still active today. During the hyperinflationary spiral of the early Weimar Republic, dozens of civic organizations, municipalities, and private associations issued their own emergency small-change notes — Kleingeldscheine — when official coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The Ortsgruppe Speicher is the local chapter based in Speicher, a small town in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Lütgens of Cologne was a regional commercial printer responsible for a considerable number of Notgeld issues across the Rhineland, with no particular distinction in the series beyond competent jobbing work.