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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Freiberg (City of Freiberg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Fünf Pfennig 5 Gültig im Bezirke der Stadt Freiberg i. Sa. und zp. bis zum 30. Septbr. 1921 Der Stadtrat zu Freiberg i.Sa. Oberbürgermeister |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown tones on cream paper with a light guilloche underprint and a simple ruled border. A large vignette occupies the centre, showing a miner in work clothes pushing a laden ore cart, with a panoramic view of the town of Freiberg visible in the background. The denomination '5' appears on the side of the cart, flanked by the Gothic script legends 'Fünf Pfennig' and 'Stadt Freiberg' at upper left and right respectively, with the redemption clause 'Dieser Schein wird von allen städtischen Kassen eingelöst.' below the main title. The printer's imprint 'LITH. ANST. ERNST LANGE, FREIBERG.' appears at the foot of the note. |
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Freiberg's 1921 Kleingeldscheine emerged from the same small-denomination coin shortage that forced hundreds of German municipalities to print their own emergency scrip during the early Weimar years. Ernst Lange's lithographic shop was local — the city didn't need to contract outside the region, which kept turnaround fast and costs low.
At under five centimeters across, these notes were notorious for being lost, torn, or discarded rather than redeemed, which suits collectors today but undermined the city's redemption accounting at the time.