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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Reichenbach im Vogtland |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and violet on a fine guilloche underprint ground. A bold central inscription reads 'Gutschein über fünfzig 50 Pfennig' in gothic letterpress typeface, with the numeral '50' rendered in large ornamental script. The upper border carries the issuer legend 'Stadtgemeinde Reichenbach i.V.' and the lower border reads 'Gültig nur im Stadtbezirke Reichenbach i.V.'. To the lower left, a circular embossed municipal seal of Reichenbach is applied, and to the lower right appears the printed title 'Bürgermeister' with a facsimile signature below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and violet on a fine guilloche underprint. At centre, a circular vignette encloses the Reichenbach city arms — a haloed saint holding a crozier and banner, standing before a crenellated town wall flanked by towers. The numeral '50' appears in large bold ornamental figures at upper left and upper right, flanked by decorative scroll cartouches. A serial number panel in the lower portion bears the prefix 'No' followed by the six-digit serial number, framed by ornamental corner devices. |
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Reichenbach im Vogtland issued this Notgeld in 1918 as the wartime metal shortage made small-denomination coinage effectively disappear from circulation. Municipal authorities across Saxony were printing their own stopgap currency by this point — the imperial government had lost the practical ability to supply adequate coin, and local commerce ground to a halt without it.
The official seal served as the primary authentication device, a thin guarantee in a period when dozens of nearby municipalities were issuing competing scrip of equally modest production values.