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50 Pfennig Mitteldeutsche Notgeldausstellung
| Issuer | City of Erfurt (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Designer(s) | Robert Sandrock, Erfurt |
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| Obverse description | Dark grey letterpress-printed note with a large circular vignette at centre-top enclosing the bold numeral '50' above the abbreviation 'Pf.' within a double-ring border. The lower half carries a multi-line text inscription in a cursive typeface referencing the Mitteldeutsche Notgeldausstellung und Messe held in Erfurt, 13–15 May 1922, below which appear two manuscript facsimile signatures. The printer's imprint 'OTTO RICHTERS U. CO. ERFURT.' is set in small capitals beneath the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Grey-toned letterpress reverse centred on a circular medallion vignette enclosing a full view of the Luther-Denkmal (Luther Monument) on a stepped pedestal, captioned 'Luther-Denkmal' within the inner ring. The large outline numerals '50' are printed across the lower half of the field, with the denomination legend 'PFENNIG' in bold block capitals below. The designer's imprint 'Robert Sandrock Erfurt' appears beneath the lower frame. |
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This note was issued specifically to commemorate the Mitteldeutsche Notgeldausstellung — the Central German Notgeld Exhibition — held in Erfurt in 1922, making it one of the more self-referential objects in the Notgeld canon: emergency currency issued to celebrate the phenomenon of emergency currency. By 1922, Serienscheine of this kind were produced explicitly for collectors rather than for transactional use, a market that had become substantial enough to sustain entire print runs designed never to circulate.
Robert Sandrock was a locally active Erfurt artist; both printers named in the production credits were Erfurt firms, an unusual case of entirely local manufacture from design through press.