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50 Pfennig Industry Series - Holz
| Issuer | Großbreitenbach (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Großbreitenbach i. Th. 50 Pf. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrates zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Der Magistrat Der Gemeinderat |
| Reverse description | The reverse is an elaborate multi-vignette composition in red, green, and black on buff paper, signed 'PAUL NEU.' in the lower right corner. The central oval cartouche carries the denomination '50 Pft.' in bold red Fraktur, flanked by four scenes of the local timber industry: woodcutters sawing logs at upper left, a woman gathering brushwood at upper right, a horse-drawn timber wagon at lower left, and a log-hauling team at lower right. A leaping deer vignette occupies the top centre, and a ribbon banner bearing 'Großbreitenbach i. Th.' and 'Das Holz' crosses the middle register. |
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Großbreitenbach's 1921 Notgeld issues were part of a locally coordinated "Industry Series" — each denomination tied to a specific trade or material central to the Thuringian regional economy. Holz, meaning timber, was not incidental: the forested highlands around Großbreitenbach sustained woodworking and toy manufacturing trades that had defined the area for generations, and the town's municipal authorities chose to anchor their emergency currency to that identity rather than issue anonymous scrip.
Carl O. Heyder of nearby Gehren handled the printing, a small regional press that took on considerable Notgeld work across Thuringia during the inflation years. Designer Paul Neu's involvement suggests a commissioned artistic program rather than purely utilitarian production — Gehren, 1921.