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50 Pfennig Grünberg in Hessen
| Issuer | Stadt Grünberg in Hessen (City of Grünberg in Hesse) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow and grey Notgeld issued for the 700th anniversary of Grünberg (1222–1922), with a central vignette of a female figure in medieval dress on a rearing white horse, holding a banner. Denomination '50 PFG.' flanks the central diamond panel, with the date 'den 9. März 1922' at lower left and the Bürgermeister's signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1222 700-JAHRFEIER DER STADT GRÜNBERG i.H. 1922 HÄTTEN WIR ALLE EINEN GLAUBEN, GOTT UND GEMEINEN NUTZ VOR AUGEN, AUCH GUTEN FRIED- UND RECHT GERICHT, EIN EHLEN, MAAS UND GEWICHT, EINERLEY MÜNTZ UND GUT GELD, SO STÜND ES WOHL IN ALLER WELT. 50 PFG. GRÜNBERG, DEN 9. MÄRZ 1922. DER BURGERMEISTER |
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Grünberg in Hesse is a small town with a documented textile weaving history stretching back to the medieval period, and the 1922 notgeld series leans into that local identity — though the design choices are the catalog's concern, not this entry's. What matters here is the printer: Gebrüder Parcus of Munich was one of the more prolific notgeld producers of the early Weimar inflation years, handling municipal contracts from across Bavaria and beyond, which means their output for this period is substantial and their print quality relatively consistent.
The 1922 date places this in the transitional phase before hyperinflation made small-denomination notgeld effectively worthless within months of issue.