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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Liegnitz (City of Liegnitz, Lower Silesia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 76.2 × 50.8 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Liegnitz Serie V. Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennige Der Magistrat: 50 Pfennig Geographisches Institut Paul Baron Liegnitz. |
| Reverse description | Olive-green reverse centred on an engraved architectural vignette of the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) of Liegnitz, rendered in fine detail with the Baroque façade, characteristic staircase entrance, and flanking trees. The caption 'Altes Rathaus.' is set above the vignette, while the denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in bold Gothic letterpress vertically along both the left and right margins. A redemption clause in smaller German type is printed below the vignette. |
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Liegnitz was one of the larger Silesian cities to issue its own Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos, and having a local geographic institute serve as the printer was not unusual — such firms already operated high-quality lithographic presses for cartographic work, and municipal authorities with printing contracts on their doorstep used them. Paul Baron's operation produced reasonably crisp work for a non-specialist banknote printer.
The broader Liegnitz Notgeld series of 1920 was issued to address the acute small-denomination coin shortage that plagued German municipalities after the war. These notes circulated locally and were theoretically redeemable by the city, though redemption compliance varied considerably across German issuers of this period.