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50 Pfennig Eifelverein
| Issuer | Eifelverein e.V., Ortsgruppe Speicher |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vertical panels on a black and yellow ground with a green outer border. The two flanking panels, printed in black on white, each bear the denomination numeral '50' in bold gothic script above the word 'Pfennig', framed by decorative scroll ornaments and the legend 'Gutschein'. The central panel presents a circular vignette with an intaglio-style portrait of Dr. Dronke, identified below as 'Eifelwater Dr. Dronke', flanked by his birth and death years '1837' and '1898'. Below the vignette, a banner inscription states the redemption terms and date, followed by the issuing authority 'Eifelverein e.V. Ortsgruppe Speicher' with two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse lettering | KYLLBURG Lückens Köln 50 Pfennig 3. Von Rhein und Mosel sanft umspült! |
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The Eifelverein is a hiking and regional culture association founded in 1888, and its Speicher branch was among hundreds of German civic organizations that issued Notgeld during the inflationary period following World War I. Municipal and private issuers filled the vacuum left by a shortage of small-denomination coinage — the Reichsbank simply could not produce enough fractional currency to meet daily transactional demand.
Lückens in Cologne was a competent regional printer who handled multiple Notgeld commissions during this period. Nothing anomalous is documented about this particular printing run.