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50 Pfennig Goethe and Schiller Series - Goethe, Blue Issue
| Issuer | Stadt Weimar (City of Weimar) |
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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 dominated by a central vignette of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, rendered as a detailed letterpress portrait bust set within an octagonal frame against a blue underprint. The denomination '50 PFENNIG' appears in large blue numerals flanked by ruled border panels on either side. Below the central vignette, the issuing date 'WEIMAR, DEN 1. MÄRZ 1921' is inscribed alongside the serial number in red and two manuscript facsimile signatures above a two-line redemption clause, with the printer's imprint 'DIETSCH & BRÜCKNER, WEIMAR' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large allegorical vignette in black and blue letterpress, showing a muscular heroic figure straining to hold back a massive diagonal beam or cannon barrel, set against a blue oval sky with a panoramic view of Weimar's skyline — including church towers and rooftops — visible in the lower middle ground. The composition is framed by elaborate foliage and scroll-work borders in the Jugendstil manner, with an artist's signature in the lower right corner. A cartouche at the foot contains a four-line verse in blue letterpress. |
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Weimar notgeld of this period occupies a specific niche: the city was simultaneously the seat of the new republic's constitutional government and one of the most aggressively marketed notgeld-producing municipalities in Germany. The Goethe and Schiller series was designed explicitly for the collector trade — issued in 1921 well after the acute small-change emergency had passed, printed locally by Dietsch & Brückner who handled much of Weimar's notgeld output.
Dietsch & Brückner were a Weimar-based commercial printer, not a security press, which shows in the relatively modest production values compared to contemporaneous issues from Enschedé or the Reichsdruckerei.