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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Burg bei Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG zahlt die Stadthauptkasse zu Burg dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Burg, Bez. Magdeburg, den 1. Oktober 1918. Der Magistrat: Gültig bis 3 Monate nach dem öffentlich bekannt zu machenden Einlösungstage. STADT BURG 1918. |
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| Reverse lettering | RATHAUS 50 50 50 50 WIR HOFFEN AUF BESSERE ZEITEN Carl Schleicher & Schüll Düren. |
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Stadthauptkasse Burg bei Magdeburg was one of hundreds of German municipal treasuries that began issuing Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — from 1916 onward as metal coinage disappeared into wartime hoarding and industrial requisition. By 1918, the flood of local Notgeld had become so unmanageable that the Reichsbank was actively pressuring municipalities to cease production, largely unsuccessfully.
Carl Schleicher & Schüll of Düren were among the more prolific commercial printers servicing this demand, producing issues for dozens of municipalities simultaneously. Their output was competent but high-volume.