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50 Pfennig Sights Series - Flügelaltar in Frauenbreitungen
| Issuer | Municipalities of Altenbreitungen and Frauenbreitungen |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LANDWIRTSCHAFT · TABAKBAU · METALLINDUSTRIE Alten u. Frauenbreitungen den 1. Nov. 1921 Gültig 30 Tage nach Abruf. Der Gemeindevorstand: Der Rechnungsführer: 50 Pf. Druck von Adolf Forker, Leipzig. |
| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces a colour illustration of the Gothic winged altarpiece (Flügelaltar) from the church at Frauenbreitungen, with the Virgin and Child enthroned in the centre panel, flanked by saints in the open wings. The denomination 50 Pf. is set in large bold numerals within yellow panels on either side of the altarpiece vignette, with the word NOTGELD and year 1921 printed at upper left and right. A four-line German verse in script lettering occupies the lower panel, framed by geometric border ornaments at the corners. |
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The Flügelaltar — a winged altarpiece — at the church in Frauenbreitungen was a locally significant medieval artwork, and this Notgeld issue was explicitly designed around it as part of a "Sights Series," a format that became fashionable among German municipalities in 1921 as a way to generate premium income from collectors rather than simply covering small-change shortages. Collectors paid face value or above for aesthetically appealing Notgeld, which meant the notes were often never spent at all — a deliberate subsidy mechanism dressed up as currency.
The joint issuance by two adjacent municipalities, Altenbreitungen and Frauenbreitungen, is itself unusual. Adolf Forker of Leipzig produced a substantial volume of Notgeld for Thuringian issuers during this period.