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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Roßla (Municipality of Roßla) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in teal, black, and golden yellow, with a panoramic vignette of Fürstliches Schloss Rossla (Rossla Castle) rendered in fine letterpress across the centre. Above this, an elaborate scrollwork cartouche in teal encloses the denomination numeral '50' over the abbreviation 'Pfg' within an oval frame, flanked by two circular medallions: at left, the Gemeinde Rossla seal bearing a rearing horse silhouette with a sunburst; at right, the Grafschaft Stolberg-Rossla seal with a leaping stag. A ribbon banner at the top carries the issuer legend in gothic script, and the lower portion bears the validity clause, date, serial number, and two manuscript signatures, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Er spricht im Schlaf zum Knaben: Geh hin vors Schloß, o Zwerg, und sieh, ob noch die Raben herfliegen um den Berg! |
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Roßla is a small Harz foothill town in what was then the Prussian province of Saxony, and this 1921 Kleingeldschein is a product of the acute coin shortage that plagued German municipalities in the inflationary years following World War I. The issuer printed locally rather than contracting one of the major specialist firms — Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a municipal press, not a banknote printer by trade, which shows in the modest production values typical of this class of Notgeld.
Designer Georg Schleinitz was also Glauchau-based, suggesting the whole job was handled within a single provincial workshop.