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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Mühlberg an der Elbe (City of Mühlberg an der Elbe) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | DREI·FÜRSTEN·BEI·MÜHLBERG·DIE·WAHLSTATT·BESCHRITTEN·◇·UM·PROTESTANTISMUS·UND·PAPSTTUM·SIE·STRITTEN,·◇·ZWAR·WURDE·DER·KURFÜRST·VON·SACHSEN·GESCHLAGEN·◇·DOCH·DIE·FREIHEIT·DES·GLAUBENS·BEGANN·ZU·TAGEN. ZUR·ERINNERUNG·AN·DIE·SCHLACHT·BEI·MÜHLBERG·A.·E.·ANNO·1547 Dieser Gutschein verliert 1 Monat nach Bekanntgabe seine Gültigkeit. Fünfzig-Pfennig-Schein der Stadt Mühlberg a.E. Mühlberg a.E. den 1. Juli 1921 Der Magistrat: FLEMMING-WISKOTT A:G. GLOGAU |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and terracotta on white paper. A central woodcut-style vignette occupies most of the field, illustrating the surrender of Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony as a prisoner before Emperor Karl V on horseback, attended by armoured soldiers, evoking the aftermath of the Battle of Mühlberg on 24 April 1547. Ornamental side panels in terracotta and black carry the denomination numeral '50' within elaborate foliate cartouches on each flank, while a decorative header panel at top reads 'STADT MÜHLBERG A.E.' in bold terracotta Gothic letters. |
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Mühlberg an der Elbe is a small town in Brandenburg best known as the site of Charles V's decisive 1547 victory over the Schmalkaldic League — but by 1921 it was issuing Notgeld like hundreds of other German municipalities scrambling to fill a void left by chronic small-coin shortages. The Reichsbank's inability to keep low-denomination metal coinage in circulation during the inflationary spiral of the early Weimar years drove even modest towns to commission their own emergency paper.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were prolific Notgeld printers, handling commissions from municipalities across Silesia and Brandenburg. Their output was competent and consistent, if rarely distinguished.