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50 Pfennigs Notgeldausstellung
| Issuer | Stadt Halle an der Saale (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour lithograph in green, red, and black tones. The upper portion carries two panoramic vignettes flanking a central oval medallion: to the left, the Gothic towers of the Marktkirche and the Red Tower of Halle's market square; to the right, Burg Giebichenstein castle rising above the Saale River cliffs. Within the oval, framed by a wreath of red berries, a mounted rider raises a whip above a donkey. A black banner below the central vignette carries the word 'Gutschein' in white Gothic script, and a scroll at foot bears the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in bold red Gothic lettering. The lower left and right panels contain the issuance text in black Gothic script with a manuscript facsimile signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Luthers letzte Fahrt nach Halle. |
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Issued specifically for the 1921 Notgeld exhibition in Halle an der Saale rather than for orthodox municipal circulation, this note occupies the blurry territory between functional emergency currency and deliberate collectible — a distinction German municipalities exploited with increasing shamelessness during the early 1920s inflation years. By 1921, Serienscheine issued for Notgeld fairs were often printed in quantities calculated against collector demand, not local cash shortages.
S. von Salwinski's involvement is the one genuinely local touch; the design commission staying within Halle rather than going to one of the Leipzig or Berlin commercial printers who serviced most of the Saxony-region Notgeld trade.