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50 Pfennig Millennial Series - Issue 3: Heinrich I + Otto I

Issuer Stadt Allstedt (City of Allstedt, Thuringia)
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.

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