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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Detmold (City of Detmold) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 95 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large Gothic blackletter inscription reading 'Notgeld der Stadt Detmold' above the municipal coat of arms at centre, rendered in red and grey on a cream field, showing a fortified tower gateway with a six-petalled rose in red. Denomination numerals '50 Pf.' appear in shield-shaped cartouches at lower left and right, flanked by decorative red and grey foliate border panels in an Art Nouveau manner. The lower portion carries the serial number at left, a red-printed text block stating the redemption conditions, and two manuscript signatures above the printed issuer designation 'Der Magistrat'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Detmold 50 Pf. Detmold, Verz. Die Kämmereikasse löst diesen Gutschein ein; Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Auflündigung. Der Magistrat Der Oberbürgermeister Der Stadtkämmerer |
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Detmold's 1920 Notgeld issues were produced during the peak of Germany's municipal emergency currency wave, when thousands of towns commissioned their own small-denomination notes to compensate for a chronic shortage of coin. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a mid-tier regional printer that handled a considerable volume of these municipal contracts — workmanlike output, nothing exceptional technically.
Detmold sits in the Teutoburg Forest region of what was then Lippe, a small Free State that retained nominal independence until 1933. The city issued through its own municipal authority rather than through a savings bank or chamber of commerce, which was common enough but worth noting for attribution purposes.