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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Triptis (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned notgeld on cream paper with a central oval vignette of two figures in traditional costume standing beneath a large oak tree, enclosed in a foliate cartouche. Denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner alongside Gothic 'Pf' monograms; a facsimile signature of the Stadtgemeinde Vorstand is printed below the vignette. Rhyming text in Gothic script runs along all four borders. |
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| Reverse description | Brown-toned reverse on cream paper with a central rectangular vignette of a medieval stone tower with a tree growing from its top, set against a clouded sky above a rooftop. Denomination '50' is repeated in each corner within ruled boxes; stippled side panels flank the central scene. Artist's signature 'P. Schönheitz' appears at lower right. |
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Triptis is a small town in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921 it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to compensate for the chronic small-change shortage that persisted long after the First World War ended. The Reichsbank simply could not keep low-denomination coins in circulation fast enough against rampaging inflation and hoarding behavior.
P. Schönheitz designed the series, a name associated with several Thuringian municipal Notgeld commissions of the period. The signatory, Stötzner, held the position of Vorstand — governing head — of the Stadtgemeinde at the time of issue.