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50 Pfennig Municipalities Series - Gefell
| Issuer | Kreis Ziegenrück (District of Ziegenrück) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Wiedemannsche Druckerei AG, Saalfeld, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour letterpress Notgeld note. A central oval vignette presents a colour view of the Kreishaus (district administrative building), flanked at upper left and upper right by smaller vignettes of Schloss Brandenstein (Ranis) and Schloss Ziegenrück respectively, all set against a green guilloche underprint. Denomination numeral '50' appears in yellow on dark circular cartouches at lower left and right, with the lower panel in grey bearing the issuing authority, place of issue, date, and serial number, together with a manuscript signature above the title 'KREISDEPUTIERTER'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Schloss Brandenstein, Ranis. Kreishaus Schloss Ziegenrück. 50 50 NOTGELD KREIS ZIEGENRÜCK RANIS, DEN 30.7.1921 DER VORSITZENDE DES KREISAUSSCHUSSES i.V. KREISDEPUTIERTER. No WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.-G. SAALFELD i. TH. |
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Kreis Ziegenrück was one of the smallest administrative districts in Thuringia — a rural backwater straddling the Saale valley — and its participation in the 1921 Notgeld wave reflects just how far the municipal emergency currency phenomenon penetrated German administrative life. These small-district issues were typically authorized at the Kreis level precisely because the constituent towns lacked the population and tax base to issue independently.
Wiedemannsche Druckerei AG in Saalfeld handled a considerable volume of local Notgeld during this period, printing for multiple Thuringian issuers within a tight geographical radius.