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50 Pfennigs Gerolstein, Eifeler Verkehrsverein
| Issuer | Eifeler Verkehrsverein E.V. Gerolstein |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 82 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted notgeld note issued by the Eifeler Verkehrsverein E.V. Gerolstein, with the issuer's name in bold Gothic lettering across the upper banner. A central framed vignette presents a line-engraved view of Kasselburg bei Gerolstein, flanked left and right by diamond-shaped lozenges bearing the denomination numeral '50' and abbreviation 'PFG' respectively, set against a light guilloche underprint. Below the vignette, the date 'Gerolstein, den 5. Dezember 1921' appears at lower left, with three facsimile signatures of the board of directors (Vorsitzender, Schriftführer, and Kassierer) at lower centre-right, and the printer's imprint 'Schaar & Dathe, Trier' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 50 50 50 Gerolstein, nach einem Stanistich aus dem 18. Jahrhundert |
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Gerolstein, a small spa and tourist town in the Rhineland-Eifel region, was actively promoting itself as a visitor destination in the early 1920s — the Eifeler Verkehrsverein was a regional tourism association, and its issuance of emergency currency (Notgeld) was as much a promotional exercise as a monetary one. Schaar & Dathe in Trier handled a substantial volume of Notgeld printing for Rhenish issuers during this period and were a reliable regional press for small-denomination series.
The tourism angle is worth noting: many Verkehrsverein Notgeld issues were deliberately collectible, printed in limited runs and sold to visitors as souvenirs rather than spent in circulation.