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50 Pfennig

Issuer Bezirksverband Döbeln
Year 1919
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Size 70 × 51 mm
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Reverse description Green and cream letterpress reverse on a matching diamond-pattern underprint, enclosed by the same oak-leaf and scroll border as the obverse. A central oval vignette with a scalloped frame contains a stylized sword or fasces-like emblem set against radiating line work, with the year '1919' in Gothic numerals at the base of the oval. Circular green medallions bearing the numeral '50' in bold outlined type are positioned at left and right, mirroring the obverse layout.
Reverse lettering 1919
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Döbeln's Bezirksverband — the district administrative body rather than a municipality or savings institution — was an unusual issuer for Notgeld of this type. Most emergency currency at this level came from town councils or local banks; district-level issuers were less common and often produced smaller, more hastily commissioned runs. Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a municipal printing house, the kind of operation that took on Notgeld contracts opportunistically in 1919 as demand from regional bodies briefly outpaced the capacity of larger specialist printers.

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