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50 Pfennig Fuchsturmgemeinde
| Issuer | Fuchsturmgemeinde Jena |
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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 composed as a stone archway framing a central letterpress vignette of the Fuchsturm tower set on a wooded hilltop with a winding path below, rendered in blue-grey tones. Two heraldic shields flank the arch — the Jena city arms to the left and a striped escutcheon to the right — with '50' denomination roundels in gold at each upper corner. Gothic-script verse text occupies stone tablet panels on either side of the arch, with the issuer title 'Notschein der Fuchsturmgemeinde' in large decorative lettering across the lower banner and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Hans Hucksheim 50 50 Gib für den Schein uns gutes Geld, dieweil der Fuchsturm sonst zerfällt, in dieser Zeit der schweren Not auch er bereits mit "Umsturz" droht Dieser Schein ist den Freunden des Fuchsturms gewidmet und gilt nicht als Zahlungsmittel. Der Vorstand der Fuchsturmgemeinde Jena, im Dez. 1921. der Präsident: Notschein der Fuchsturmgemeinde Druck von Johannes Arndt, Jena. |
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The Fuchsturmgemeinde was the civic association responsible for maintaining the Fuchsturm, a medieval tower on the Kernberge hills above Jena. Like hundreds of German municipal bodies and private associations during the 1921 inflationary period, it issued its own Notgeld to cover small transactions when official coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply insufficient in volume for daily commerce.
Printed locally by Johannes Arndt Druckerei, the note never traveled far. Jena-area Notgeld from this period was often redeemed quickly and destroyed, making intact examples moderately scarce despite the quantities originally issued.