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50 Pfennig Gerolstein, Eifeler Verkehrsverein
| Issuer | Eifeler Verkehrsverein E.V. Gerolstein |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | EIFELER VERKEHRSVEREIN E.V. GEROLSTEIN 50 PFG Alle Mitglieder des Vereins sind verpflichtet diesen Gutschein von 50 Pfg in Zahlung zu nehmen Drei Monate nach Bekanntmachung im amtlichen Kreisblatt zu Daun verliert der Schein seine Gültigkeit GEROLSTEIN, den 5. Dezember 1921 DER VORSTAND: Vorsitzender Schriftführer Kassierer MÜRLENBACH SCHAAR & DATHE, TRIER |
| Reverse description | Dark grey-black engraved vignette occupying nearly the entire reverse, reproducing a steel engraving of the Porta Nigra in Trier after an 18th-century original, with small figures in the foreground lending scale to the imposing Roman gatehouse. A decorative border with foliate corner ornaments frames the composition, with denomination numerals '50' set in roundels at the upper left and upper right corners. A caption beneath the central image identifies the subject in German. |
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Gerolstein's notgeld program was administered not by a municipality or savings bank but by the local tourism association — the Eifeler Verkehrsverein — which tells you something about the town's economic priorities. The Eifel region was marketing itself aggressively as a destination for convalescent tourism and hiking in the early 1920s, and the Verkehrsverein's involvement in emergency currency issuance reflects how thoroughly that civic identity had taken hold.
Schaar & Dathe in Trier printed a substantial volume of Rhineland notgeld during this period. The 1921 date places this firmly in the collector-series wave, when many issuers were producing small-denomination notes more for philatelic sale than genuine monetary need.