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50 Pfennig Goethe and Schiller Series - Schiller, Blue Issue
| Issuer | Stadt Weimar (City of Weimar) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT WEIMAR 50 PFENNIG WEIMAR DEN 1. MÄRZ 1921. DER GEMEINDEVORSTAND / DER GEMEINDERAT OBERBÜRGERMEISTER VORSITZENDER DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD AN ALLEN STÄDTISCHEN KASSEN IN ZAHLUNG GENOMMEN / ER VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT 1 MONAT NACH ERFOLGTER BEKANNTMACHUNG DIETSCH & BRÜCKNER, WEIMAR |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-bleed allegorical vignette executed in a bold, expressionist woodcut-style engraving with a blue underprint in the upper field. A semi-nude male figure, arms raised dramatically toward the heavens, is rendered amid swirling clouds, rocky terrain, and foliage in a turbulent, Romantic composition. Below the vignette, within an ornamental cartouche with dotted border, a four-line quotation from Schiller is printed in blue Gothic letterpress. A small artist's signature appears in the lower right margin. |
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Weimar's 1921 Notgeld series was a deliberate act of civic branding. The city leaned hard into its cultural associations during the inflationary emergency, commissioning local printer Dietsch & Brückner to produce notes that functioned as much as collectibles as exchange instruments. By 1921 the German Notgeld market had become openly commercial — municipalities printed far more than local trade required, selling sets directly to collectors across Germany and abroad.
Dietsch & Brückner printed extensively for Thuringian municipalities during this period and were well positioned to handle the short-run, artistically ambitious work the Weimar series demanded.