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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Jeßnitz (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG III. Serie. NOTGELD JESSNITZ 1.9.21. Der Magistrat. Gültig bis 1 Mon. n. Abruf. Zahlstelle: Stadtkasse. Der Stadtverordneten-Vorst. Altes Haus a. Markt. Druck von Adolf Forker, Leipzig |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a large arched colour vignette of the Jessnitz church as it appeared in the 16th and 17th centuries, with twin towers surmounted by red conical spires, a broad red-tiled nave roof, and surrounding townscape rendered in a detailed lithographic style. Denomination numerals '50' in red appear at upper left and upper right corners, flanked by stylised leaf-and-stem Art Nouveau ornaments. A captioned panel at the top arch reads 'Kirche zu Jessnitz i. XVI. u. XVII. Jahrhundert.' Below the vignette, a two-line verse in Fraktur script runs across the full width of the note, with the artist's monogram 'F.L.' visible at lower right within the vignette. |
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Jeßnitz is a small industrial town on the Mulde river in Anhalt, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it resorted to privately printed Kleingeldscheine in 1921 when postwar inflation had driven metal coinage out of circulation entirely. The printer here, Adolf Forker of Leipzig, was a minor commercial house that handled a number of regional Notgeld contracts during this period — workmanlike output, not a prestige commission.
The designer credit to F. Linge is worth noting: named individual designers on Notgeld of this denomination are less common than unsigned pieces, suggesting the Magistrat paid for at least a modest original composition rather than a stock layout.