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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Freiberg i.Sa. (City Council of Freiberg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-ochre and dark blue Notgeld on a horizontally ruled ground, framed by an ornate violet guilloche border. The upper two-thirds carry a panoramic silhouette vignette of the Freiberg skyline with church steeples against a clouded sky, overprinted with the denomination legend in bold Fraktur script. The lower register presents the large numeral '50' set within a scrollwork cartouche flanked by two oval medallions bearing crossed-hammer mining symbols; below, a ribbon banner carries the issuer inscription, beneath which appears the facsimile signature of the Oberbürgermeister, with series letter 'A' in oval frames at each lower corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig Stadt Freiberg das Glöcklein klingt, der Morgen graut, Da wird's im Bergmannshüttchen laut. Und angestrahlt vom jungen Sonnenlicht Eilt er entgegen der willkomm'nen Pflicht. 50 Pf. Dieser Schein wird von allen städtischen Kassen eingelöst. LITH. ANST. ERNST LANGE, FREIBERG |
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Freiberg's emergency currency of 1921 belongs to the vast wave of German Kleingeldersatz issued as postwar coin shortages bit hard into everyday commerce. What distinguishes the Freiberg series is its local production — Ernst Lange's lithographic shop was based in the city itself, meaning design, printing, and distribution never left Saxony's oldest mining town. The Lange firm handled municipal printing contracts across the region, so quality control was consistent but unhurried.
Oberbürgermeister Haupt's facsimile signature was the sole authorization mark. No countersignature, no treasury stamp — a reminder of how thin the administrative formalities could run at the municipal level during this period.