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50 Pfennig

Issuer Stadt Detmold (City of Detmold)
Year 1920
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Value 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50)
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Obverse lettering Notgeld der Stadt Detmold
50 Pf.
Detmolds Notrg.
Die Kämmerenkasse löst diesen Gutschein ein; Er wird noch 1/6 einen Monat nach öffent-licher Zinsbekanntmachung.
Der Magistrat
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Reverse lettering NUR IN ROM WAR MAN NICHT HEITER, SON-DERN KAUFTE TRAUERKLEIDER, GRADE ALS
BEIM MITTAGSMAHL AUGUSTUS SASS IM KAISERSAAL, KAM DIE TRAUERBOTSCHAFT
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Detmold's 1920 Notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as small-change shortages became acute following the war. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a minor provincial printer that handled a number of these local contracts — not one of the prestige houses like Giesecke & Devrient, which tells you something about the budget and urgency involved.

The DeNG reference suffix ".8-9/10" indicates this note belongs to a multi-variety set, likely differentiated by serial number range or minor typographic variation — a common complication for collectors working through the Detmold issues.

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