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50 Pfennig Zella Sankt Blasii
| Issuer | Stadt Zella Sankt Blasii (Stadtrat) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issued by the town of Zella St. Bl. (Zella Sankt Blasii), printed in purple on cream paper with a hatched guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The left panel carries the large numeral '50' and the word 'Pfennig' in bold Gothic script, while the main panel bears the issuing authority 'Stadt Zella St. Bl.' at the top, the denomination spelled out as 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in large Gothic lettering, and the text 'Gut für 50 Pf.' flanking a circular town seal vignette at centre-right. The date 'Zella St. Bl., den 1. April 1917' and the issuing authority line 'Der Stadtrat:' with a manuscript signature appear in the lower right, below a red serial number; the whole design is enclosed within a decorative border of stylised floral and geometric ornaments. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Zella St. Bl. 50 Pf. Gut für 50 Pf. Fünfzig Pfennig Zella St. Bl., den 1. April 1917. Der Stadtrat: |
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Zella Sankt Blasii was still a separate municipality in 1917 — it merged with the neighboring town of Mehlis only in 1919 to form Zella-Mehlis, the Thuringian arms-manufacturing center better known today. This note was issued before that consolidation, which is why the issuing authority name it carries ceased to exist within two years of printing.
German municipal Kleingeldscheine of this period exist in enormous numbers, but notes from towns that subsequently vanished through merger carry a built-in documentary interest that purely administrative survivors lack.