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50 Pfennig Spielvereinigung Jena 08
| Issuer | Spielvereinigung Jena 08 e.V. |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Black and green letterpress note with a foliate oak-leaf underprint in green throughout. At centre, a circular vignette bearing the interlaced monogram 'SV' in green on a white disc, framed by a scrollwork surround and flanked by decorative ribbon banners carrying the issuer's name. The denomination '50' appears in large bold Gothic numerals at upper left and upper right, with 'Pfe.' abbreviated between them. A broad dark banner across the lower centre carries the text 'Gutschein über ½ Mark' in white Gothic script, below which validity and acceptance text is set in a lighter typeface. Three manuscript signatures with printed role designations — 1. Vorsitzender, 1. Schriftführer, and 1. Kassierer — appear at the foot, flanking a printed serial number. The printer's imprint 'J.P. Himmer Augsburg' is printed in small type at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Green and black letterpress reverse centred on a tall ornate trophy cup — the '2. Wanderpreis' of the A-Klasse des Mitteldeutschen Sechser-Turniers held in Kahla — rendered in detailed intaglio-style shading and surrounded by a large wreath of oak and laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon scroll. The denomination '50' appears in matching bold Gothic numerals at upper left and upper right. Below the trophy vignette, a text panel in Gothic script records the tournament winners for 1919, 1920, and 1921. |
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Spielvereinigung Jena 08 was a sports club, not a bank or municipality — yet in 1921, with Weimar hyperinflation dismantling the purchasing power of Reichsmark coinage, private associations of all kinds obtained permission to issue small-denomination emergency money, Notgeld, to keep daily transactions functional. A football and gymnastics club issuing its own currency is not a contradiction of that moment; it is a precise illustration of how completely monetary authority had fragmented.
The three signatories — chairman, secretary, and treasurer — authenticated each note individually, a formality that carried real legal weight under the self-certifying Notgeld system. J. P. Himmer in Augsburg printed enormous quantities of Notgeld for issuers across southern Germany during this period and had the regional infrastructure to fulfill small municipal and associational contracts quickly.