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50 Pfennig - Stadtlengsfeld
| Issuer | Stadtlengsfeld (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the large numeral '50' in bold raised relief, with a distinctive elongated eye-shaped or lozenge motif incorporated within the zero. The legend 'STADTLENGSFELD' arcs around the upper periphery, while 'PFENNIG' is inscribed along the lower border. The overall design is rendered in a plain, utilitarian style characteristic of German Notgeld porcelain issues of the early 1920s. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a centrally positioned naturalistic sprig of a flowering or fruiting plant, rising from a grassy ground line, rendered in low to medium relief. The plant bears a prominent central cone-like or blossom motif flanked by leaves and small floral elements at the base, likely a stylized representation of a local botanical symbol. The design is contained within a raised rim border, with the field left otherwise plain and unlettered. |
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Stadtlengsfeld issued this porcelain notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s, when metal was scarce and municipal authorities across Thuringia took it upon themselves to commission local substitutes. The Meissen and Plaue porcelain factories supplied much of this ceramic emergency coinage across the region, though attributing specific pieces to individual workshops remains contested among specialists.
Brown-glazed porcelain issues from small Thuringian towns are among the less frequently encountered in the notgeld series — Stadtlengsfeld's modest population meant limited original issue quantities.