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50 Pfennig - Erfurt Reemtsma and Söhne
| Issuer | B. Reemtsma & Söhne Cigarettenfabrik, Erfurt |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | A chubby cherub (putto) figure is depicted in the central field, holding aloft the company logo — likely representing a packet of cigarettes. The Meissen crossed swords mark appears flanking the central device, denoting the Meissen porcelain manufactory as producer. The name of the town, Erfurt, appears in the lower portion of the field. A circular legend surrounds the design, identifying the cigarette manufacturer. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Porcelain notgeld of this type was produced during the acute coin shortage of 1920–1921, when German municipalities and private firms were legally permitted to issue their own emergency currency. B. Reemtsma & Söhne, then operating out of Erfurt before the family's tobacco empire consolidated and relocated, issued these ceramic pieces through the Meissen-adjacent porcelain industry that had pivoted hard into notgeld production to meet demand. The Scheuch I#286a designation places it among the documented private issues rather than municipal ones — a distinction that affects collector classification more than it affected the workers who spent them.