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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Detmold (City of Detmold) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0268.8-8/10 |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Detmold 50 Pfg. Detmold, Aug. 1920 Die Kämmereikasse löst diesen Gutschein ein; Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung. Der Magistrat Der Bürgermeister Der Stadtkämmerer |
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| Reverse lettering | ALS DAS MORDEN WAR ZU ENDE RIEB FÜRST HERRMANN SICH DIE HÄNDE, UND UM SICH NOCH MEHR ZU FREU'N, LUD ER DIE CHERUSKER EIN ZU 'NEM GROSSEN FRÜHSTÜCK 50 |
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Detmold's 1920 Notgeld issue is one of hundreds of municipal emergency currency series produced during the Weimar Republic's postwar inflation spiral, when small-denomination coin simply vanished from circulation. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a regional commercial printer that handled numerous Notgeld commissions for smaller municipalities — a practical choice, not a prestige one.
The DeNG reference places this within a documented subseries, suggesting Detmold issued multiple designs under the same authorization rather than a single standalone note.