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Germany. Weimar Republic (1918-1933). Iron (nickel coated) emergency currency, 50 Pfennig, Kempen mint, 1921. For the 450th anniversary of the death of Thomas à Kempis. Funck 241.1B. FE. 5.05 g. 24.5 mm. Thomas à Kempis, CRV (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books. His name means 'Thomas of Kempen', Kempen, Germany, being his home town.