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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Ruhla (City of Ruhla, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and purple with a serial number in black at the top centre. A central rectangular vignette, framed by a purple border, presents a letterpress illustration of a medieval blacksmith scene — a seated smith at work on an anvil while an armoured knight stands to the left — beneath a scroll bearing the legend 'Landgraf werde hart.' Large red numerals '50' appear to the left and right of the vignette. Below the vignette, a redemption clause is set in three underlined lines of Gothic script, stating the note is valid only in Ruhla and that the town undertakes to redeem it within one year of the peace treaty. |
| Reverse lettering | Gültig nur in Ruhla. Landgraf werde hart. Gültig nur in Ruhla. Die Städte Ruhla verpflichten sich zur Einlösung innerhalb eines Jahres nach Friedensschluß. Diese Verpflichtung erlischt nach Ablauf eines weiteren Jahres. |
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Ruhla was — and still is — best known for watch and clock manufacturing, an industry that dominated the town through both World Wars. This 1918 Notgeld issue was one of hundreds of emergency municipal notes printed across Germany as the imperial economy buckled under wartime strain and small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation entirely, hoarded or melted down.
The Stadtgemeinde series from Thuringian towns of this size was typically lithographed locally or through regional printers, with minimal security features. Paper quality varies considerably between surviving examples — wartime stock was inconsistent.