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50 Pfennig - Querfurt
| Issuer | Querfurt, District of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A beaded border frames the entire obverse field. The district coat of arms of Querfurt, depicted as a baroque-cartouche-framed heraldic shield divided into three horizontal bands of alternating chequered and plain design, occupies the central field. The legend KREIS QUERFURT arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin characters, with a decorative foliate spray at the base of the shield. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Querfurt's 1918 iron notgeld coinage emerged from the same wartime metal shortage that stripped Germany's official coinage of its copper and nickel — both requisitioned for shell casings and military hardware. Municipal and district authorities were left to fill the gap themselves, producing locally valid emergency issues of wildly varying quality and material. Iron was the pragmatic solution for dozens of smaller issuers, though it corrodes aggressively in circulation, which explains why clean survivors are harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.