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50 Pfennig History Series - Issue 2
| Uitgever | Schalkau (Thuringia), City of |
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| Jaar | 1921 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | 95 × 65 mm |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Orange and black notgeld printed in letterpress style, with the large numeral '50' in a bold blackletter typeface within a central cartouche, flanked by two armoured knights in profile — each bearing a heraldic shield and a lance — rendered in a woodcut-style vignette. The left knight carries a chequered coat of arms while the right displays a lion rampant device. Below the central vignette, the inscription reads 'Pfennig / Notgeld der Stadt Schalkau/Thür', with the validity date and serial number appearing in the lower margin alongside the issuing authority 'Bürgermeisteramt'. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Orange and black letterpress vignette in a woodcut style occupying the central field, showing two mounted knights in full armour engaged in a jousting tournament before a medieval fortified tower and gatehouse. Vertical side panels in orange carry the historical verse inscription in Gothic blackletter script, with the series number '2' appearing at lower left of the central scene. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Schalkau's 1921 Pfennig notgeld belongs to the wave of municipally issued emergency currency that flooded Thuringia and the rest of Germany as the Reichsbank struggled with postwar coin shortages. Towns of Schalkau's modest size — a small textile community in the Sonneberg district — typically commissioned local printers or regional jobbers, and the "History Series" designation indicates a deliberate collectability play: municipalities had discovered by 1921 that hobbyists were snapping up themed sets without ever spending them, effectively providing interest-free financing.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 in the reference data is almost certainly a catalog entry error — no Thuringian notgeld series was issued that late.