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50 Goldpfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Görlitz |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Wertbeständiger Notgeldschein der Stadt Görlitz über Fünfzig Goldpfennig Ausgegeben mit Genehmigung des Reichsministers der Finanzen. Dieser Notgeldschein ist gedeckt nach Maßgabe der Bestimmungen der Reichsregierung. Der Inhaber dieses Scheines kann ihn innerhalb eines Monats nach Aufruf bei der Stadthauptkasse in Görlitz gegen wertbeständige Schatzanweisungen des Deutschen Reichs oder gegen einen gleichwertigen Barbetrag eintauschen. Görlitz, den 21. November 1923. Der Magistrat: Arbeiterdruckerei, Görlitz |
| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially unprinted, with only faint ghosting of the obverse text visible through the thin paper stock. A plain decorative border of repeating small ornaments frames the otherwise blank field, consistent with the economical wartime emergency-note production typical of 1923 Notgeld issues. |
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Görlitz issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1923 because the hyperinflationary collapse of the Reichsmark had effectively destroyed small change — coins vanished from circulation as their metal value exceeded face value, and the Reichsbank could not print low denominations fast enough to keep pace with the daily collapse. Municipal authorities across Germany stepped into the void. The Goldpfennig denomination is notable here: unlike most Notgeld pegged to inflating paper marks, "Gold" denominations were nominally anchored to a stable gold value unit, an attempt to give the holder some protection against the currency's continued deterioration.
Printed locally by the Arbeiterdruckerei — a workers' press — the production quality reflects what was available in a mid-sized Saxon border city under severe economic strain.