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50 Pfennig Luther Jubilee Series
| Issuer | Eisenach (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | J. Adolf Schwarz, Lindenberg im Allgäu |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a woodcut-style scene of Luther's capture in the forest, rendered in brown and black tones, with armoured horsemen and soldiers surrounding a robed figure of Luther on foot amid trees and a wagon wheel to the right. Decorative side panels with geometric and floral motifs in brown and red frame the central scene on both sides. The denomination '50' appears in red in the upper corners with 'Pf.' in the lower corners, and the Gothic text legends run along the upper and lower borders. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Pf. Mit unserer Macht ist nichts getan Luthers Gefangennahme (Translation: 50 Pfennigs Nothing is done with our power Luther's capture) |
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Eisenach issued this note as part of the 1921 Luther Jubilee commemorations marking the 400th anniversary of Luther's appearance before the Diet of Worms. The city had obvious standing to do so — the Wartburg sits directly above it, and Luther translated the New Testament there in 1521–22. Notgeld issuers across Germany exploited jubilee themes that year, but Eisenach's claim was geographically legitimate, not opportunistic.
The handmade paper with watermark is the distinguishing production detail of this series. J. Adolf Schwarz in Lindenberg im Allgäu was a specialist in high-quality Notgeld printing on unusual substrates, and the tactile difference from machine-made emergency currency is immediately apparent in hand.