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50 Pfennig Lutherhalle, H
| Issuer | City of Wittenberg |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Lutherhalle Wittenberg Martin Luther n.e. Kupferst. v. Daniel Hopfer, 1523 50 Pf. Ausgegeben Invocavit 1922 50 Pf. H bei d. Kasse d. Lutherhalle einlösbar Dieser Gutschein ist nur für den Gläubiger bestimmt und bis zum 1.4.1922 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large central vignette of the Gothic Katharinenportal (St. Catherine's Portal), dated 1540 above the archway, rendered in a bold woodcut-style multicolour print in olive, purple, and black tones, with the artist's name 'Westner-Fallenbey' inscribed in the upper right corner. Below the architectural vignette, a decorative ribbon banner bears the motto 'Gott sorgt — sollen / wir aber — arbeiten' flanking a central heraldic shield with the initials 'K.B.V.' A denticulated purple outer border surrounds the composition, with the printer's imprint 'Druck von Adolf Forker, Leipzig.' at the bottom margin. |
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Wittenberg's 1922 notgeld issue was one of hundreds of municipally authorized emergency currency series that flooded Germany during the hyperinflationary spiral following World War I. The city leaned heavily into its identity as the site of Luther's reformatory activity — the Lutherhalle designation refers to the museum housed in the former Augustinian monastery where Luther lived, now one of the oldest Reformation-era museum collections in the world.
Adolf Forker of Leipzig was a minor but prolific notgeld printer during this period, handling municipal contracts across Saxony. The 96 × 62 mm format was common for the series but the print run figures were never formally published by the city.