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50 Pfennig Zoologischer Garten
| Issuer | Zoologischer Garten Halle a/S. |
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| Year | 1921-1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Square format Wertmarke printed in blue, brown, and black by offset lithography. A central circular vignette, framed by scrolling ribbon ornaments, presents a standing ibex or chamois rendered in blue, encircled by the legend ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN * HALLE a/S *. The denomination numeral 50 appears in large decorative figures to either side of the central medallion, with PFENNIG inscribed beneath each, and WERTMARKE in gothic script on a banner across the top. Validity dates 1921 and 1922 are placed in the lower corners, with a text panel below stating the note's acceptance terms, a manuscript signature for the Zoologischer Garten, and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Wertmarke 50 Pfennig ZOOLOGISCHER * GARTEN * HALLE a/S * 1921 1922 Diese Wertmarke wird mit 50s in der Gastwirtschaft und an den Kassen des zoolg. Gartens in Zahlung genommen. Giltig bis 30.IX.1922. Für den Zoologischen Garten: OFFSETDRUCK GANTZ & FUSS, HALLE·S. |
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Halle's Zoologischer Garten was among hundreds of German institutions — municipal, private, and commercial — that issued their own Notgeld during the hyperinflationary crisis of the early 1920s, when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough small-denomination currency to meet daily transactional demand. Zoo-issued scrip is not unusual for the period, but Halle's series has a following among Notgeld collectors specifically because of the square format, which was an uncommon choice even within a genre that actively courted novelty.
Gantz & Fuss, the Halle offset printer, handled several local Notgeld commissions during this period. Designer Dubbick is known only through this attribution.