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| Emittent | Weißenfels, City of |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
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| Nennwert | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field features the municipal coat of arms of Weißenfels, depicting a fortified city gate with crenellated towers and a portcullis, surmounted by a heraldic shield bearing a rampant lion. The date is divided to either side of the coat of arms, with '19' at left and '20' at right. The legend 'WEISSENFELS A.D.S.' curves along the lower portion of the field in raised Latin lettering, identifying the issuing city and its location on the Saale river. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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Weißenfels issued this iron notgeld pfennig in 1920 as postwar metal shortages and rampant inflation made conventional coinage impractical for everyday transactions. The city, historically a center of shoe manufacturing in Saxony, was among hundreds of German municipalities forced to produce their own emergency coinage during the 1919–1922 period when the Reichsbank could not reliably supply adequate small change. Iron was the compromise material of the moment — cheap, available, but deeply unpopular with the public, who correctly anticipated it would corrode in circulation.