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| Issuer | Stadt Allstedt (City of Allstedt, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE TAUSENDJÄHRIGE STADT Die HERREN der Pfalz Allstedt Notgeld der Stadt Allstedt 50 Pf Allstedt d. 1. Oktober 1921 Der Stadtgemeindevorstand Bürgermeister HEINRICH I 919 – 936 OTTO I 936 – 973 LANGSAM ZUR STRAFE SCHNELL ZUM WOHLTUN LEBEN EHRENHAFT ODER DEN TOD |
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| Reverse lettering | Sachsenburg Kyffhäuser Schloss Diesen Blick mit viel Behagen genießt, wer aufsteigt auf den Hagen |
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Allstedt occupies a specific place in early medieval German history — Heinrich I held court there, and Otto I was born in the city, making it one of the few municipalities with a legitimate biographical claim to both Ottonian rulers. The 1921 Notgeld series exploited that connection deliberately, the "Millennial Series" title referencing the roughly 1,000-year anniversary of the Ottonian dynasty's rise.
A. Eisebach of Bürgel produced a substantial volume of Thuringian Notgeld during the 1921–1922 inflation period. The 50 Pfennig denomination sits in the middle of what was typically a three-value set for municipal issues of this type.