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50 Pfennig Rhyme Series - Issue C
| Issuer | Stadt Apolda (City of Apolda), Thuringia |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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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 | Printed in green and black on a cream ground within a multi-layered ornamental border of diamond and foliate motifs, with the red numeral '50' repeated in each corner. The central vignette, executed in fine black line engraving, presents a railway viaduct with a steam train crossing above multiple arched spans, trees and parkland occupying the foreground. The series letter 'C' in red appears at the upper left of the inner panel, and a two-line rhyming verse in Gothic script is set below the vignette. |
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Apolda's Pfennig notgeld from 1921 belongs to the so-called Reimserie — rhyme series — a format several Thuringian municipalities adopted in which short verses were printed on the notes, turning small-denomination emergency currency into something collectors actively sought. The distinction matters: Issue C implies at least two prior releases, meaning Apolda returned to the press more than once as the postwar coinage shortage dragged on.
Adolf Forker of Leipzig printed a significant volume of Thuringian municipal notgeld during this period. The dual signatures — a deputy mayor and a committee chairman rather than a full civic council — reflect the improvised administrative machinery behind most small-town notgeld authorizations.