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50 Pfennig - Soest C. Topp - Pattern
| Issuer | Soest (notgeld), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Et wärt huir met bekannt gemakt dat nümmes in de Biecket ● C. Topp Soest 19 ● 21 |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Soest issued notgeld across multiple formats during the early 1920s inflation period, but gold pattern pieces like this one were never intended for circulation — they were produced as presentation or collector strikes, almost certainly in very limited numbers. C. Topp's identity as the issuing merchant or authority sponsor is characteristic of the private notgeld system, where municipal and commercial entities alike could authorize emergency currency substitutes. At 8.19g of .930 fine gold, the intrinsic metal value would have dwarfed the nominal 50 Pfennig face, which tells you everything about why it stayed out of pockets.