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50 Pfennig Goethe Series
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stützerbach (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld Wert 50 Pfennige. Stützerbach W.A. Industrie u. Luftkurort. Wirtshausschild am Weißen Roß Der Dreiherrenstein. Alte Schmiede am Auerhahn. Die Gültigkeit erlischt 1 Monat nach Aufruf. Stützerbach 1921. Der Gemeindevorstand SIEGEL DER GEMEINDE STÜTZERBACH W.A. Gez. M. Bechstein, Ilmenau WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.G. SAALFELD I. THÜR. |
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| Reverse lettering | Brausejahre in Stützerbach. 50 Pfg. J. Elias Glaser Goethe, Karl August und Glaser. Der Glaser wird von beiden geschunden, Als sie ihn schlafend beim Backtrog gefunden. gez. M. Bechstein, Ilmenau |
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Stützerbach is a small village in the Thuringian Forest that has one genuine claim on literary history: Goethe visited repeatedly between 1776 and 1783, staying at the home of glassworks owner Johann Georg Palisch. The Gemeinde leaned hard on that association when commissioning this notgeld series, with local designer M. Bechstein of nearby Ilmenau providing the artwork. Wiedemannsche Druckerei AG in Saalfeld handled the printing — a regional press responsible for a significant volume of Thuringian notgeld during the inflationary spiral of 1921.
The Goethe connection was not decorative sentiment. It was the village's primary identity, and the series was as much a collector's souvenir as a circulating instrument.