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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Chemnitz-Land |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 30 June 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld printed in green and dark brown, with a decorative guilloche border enclosing the central text area. A cogwheel vignette occupies the upper left corner and a caduceus vignette the upper right, while large green circles at each lower corner carry the denomination numeral '50'. The central text reads 'Gutschein über FÜNFZIG PFENNIG / Der Bezirksverband Chemnitz-Land / Der Amtshauptmann' with a manuscript facsimile signature, and a validity notice along the lower margin identifies the issuing district and expiry date of 30 June 1920. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über FÜNFZIG PFENNIG Der Bezirksverband Chemnitz-Land. Der Amtshauptmann Gültig bis 30. Juni 1920 im Bezirke der Amtshauptmannsch. Chemnitz. |
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Bezirksverband Chemnitz-Land was one of hundreds of German district administrations that stepped into the currency vacuum of 1920, issuing small-denomination Notgeld when chronic coin shortages left local commerce effectively paralyzed. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau — a municipal print shop, not a specialist security printer — handled production, which was typical of the pragmatic, decentralized scramble that defines this period of German emergency money.
Dulce issues tend to show modest but competent typography. No known major printing errors are associated with this specific piece.