50 pfennig Notgeld
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Gift of Kenneth A. Silver
Id no. 2747.89, Currency, German
Subject(s):  Weimar
The text translates: Join with your dear fatherland; hold this fast with your whole heart.

Cities, towns and enterprises printed emergency currency during the inflation of the 1920s. When Jews were blamed for economic problems, Notgeld incorporated anti-Semitic themes, images, and text.
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