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50 Pfennig Rhyme Series - Issue B
| Issuer | Stadt Apolda (City of Apolda, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Apolda Dieser Gutschein wird an allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen; er verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung zur Einziehung. 50 PFENNIG Der Gemeindevorstand Heyne, Bürgermeister-Stellv. Der Gemeinderat Walther Fischer, Vorsitzender. Apolda, den 1. August 1921. ADOLF FORKER, LEIPZIG. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a finely rendered engraved vignette of a historic manor or castle building surrounded by trees and shrubbery, executed in brown tones against a cream ground with teal-green lateral bands forming the inner border. The series letter 'B' in red appears at the upper left, with the denomination '50' printed in red at each corner. Below the architectural vignette, a two-line rhyming couplet in German is set in roman type. |
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Apolda's Rhyme Series notgeld is among the more self-consciously literary examples of the genre. The city — best known for its bell foundries and, later, the Dobermann breed — issued these notes during the hyperinflationary notgeld peak of 1921, when dozens of German municipalities were competing as much for collector sales as for emergency liquidity. Adolf Forker of Leipzig was a reliable small-press printer for Thuringian notgeld, though not a prestige name in the field.
The two signatories reflect a moment of administrative transition: Heyne signed as deputy mayor, suggesting the Bürgermeister position was either vacant or otherwise occupied.