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| Issuer | Hannöverische Stiftungen, Fränkisch-Crumbach |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and salmon-orange on paper, the obverse carries a central circular vignette with a bust portrait of Hans von Rodenstein in medieval armour and hood, flanked on the left by a vignette of Ruine Rodenstein (the Rodenstein castle ruin) above the Rodenstein coat of arms, and on the right by a vignette of the Kirche Fränkisch-Crumbach (village church) above the Crumbach coat of arms. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in large numerals at lower left and right. A text panel at the lower centre states the redemption conditions and bears two manuscript signatures for the Stiftungsvorstand (foundation board), with the date '1. April 1921' and place name 'Fränkisch-Crumbach, Hess. Odenwald'. The artist's credit 'Carlos Tips Frankfurt' appears in the upper right vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Fränkisch-Crumbach Ruine Rodenstein Kirche Fränk.-Crumbach Rodenstein Crumlingen Dieser Gutschein wird von allen öffentlichen Kassen Fränkisch-Crumbachs eingelöst. Die Kasse der Hannöverischen Stiftungen zahlt gegen diesen Gutschein für 1920-22 50 Pfg. Fränkisch-Crumbach, Hess. Odenwald. Den 1. April 1921 Für den Stiftungsvorstand: 50 Pfennig |
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Hannöverische Stiftungen was a charitable foundation operating in Fränkisch-Crumbach, a small village in the Odenwald. This 50 Pfennig note belongs to the vast wave of German Notgeld issued during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1920s, when municipal and institutional issuers flooded the market with small-denomination emergency scrip to compensate for a chronic shortage of official coinage. Carlos Tips, a Frankfurt-based printer and designer, both designed and produced this piece — an arrangement common among smaller Notgeld issuers who lacked the connections or budget to commission work separately.