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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | City of Friedrichroda (Thuringia) (Federal state of Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red guilloche underprint on white paper with green octagonal border and dark blue denomination numerals '50' in each corner. Central oval vignette shows a standing uniformed figure holding a staff and a sapling, framed by scrollwork. A green ribbon banner below carries the denomination legend, with the city name and redemption clause in a lower cartouche. |
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| Obverse lettering | Friedrichroda Fünfzig Pfennig Notgeld der Stadt FRIEDRICHRODA I. THÜR LUFTKUR- u. BADEORT WINTERSPORTPLATZ Der Stadtrat Einlösung seitens der Gemeinde innerhalb eines Jahres gewährleistet. (Translation: Friedrichroda Fifty pfennigs Notgeld of the city of Friedrichroda in Thuringia Air spa and bathing resort Place of winter sports The City Council Redemption by the municipality within one year.) |
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Friedrichroda was a well-established spa town in the Thuringian Forest, and its local notgeld issues from 1920 reflect the near-total collapse of small-denomination coinage circulation that followed Germany's wartime metal requisitions. Municipalities across Thuringia were effectively forced into self-issued scrip — not as a financial instrument of their own design, but because the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough subsidiary coinage to keep local commerce moving.
The watermark is worth noting: most municipal notgeld of this period was printed on plain stock, and its presence here suggests the city sourced from a commercial printer with access to security paper rather than relying on the cheaper alternatives many smaller towns used.