This is 50ℳ (Papiermarks or Paper Marks) of emergency money from the city of Stolberg. It is paper due to its material when gold was no longer linked to the Papiermark, shortly after the beginning of World War One. Notes were decorated with different artwork from artists and time period in Germany’s history. This note, in particular, features a stag in the wilderness on one side and has the Stolberg town hall on the other side. The wilderness reflects the hardy nature of the German people, who spent time outdoors earning their livelihood and boasted a strong, healthy population, as well as a reminder of Grimm’s fairy tales, which extensively feature German forests. The art style is simple but modern, as it was easier to print than detailed drawings, but were not modern enough to cause outrage.
50 Notgeld der Stadt Stolberg (harz)
