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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Schneeberg im Erzgebirge, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1190.1a-6/6 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black, blue, and olive-gold, divided into three vertical panels. The left and right panels, in black with blue dotted borders, each carry a full-length figure of a Schneeberg miner in traditional uniform holding a lamp-standard topped with a radiant ornament, set on a gold-striped base. The central panel presents a panoramic townscape vignette of Schneeberg in olive-gold and black, with trees and rooftops surmounted by a church steeple, beneath which the town name 'Schneeberg.' is inscribed in Gothic lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | Schneeberg. |
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Schneeberg was once one of the most important silver-mining towns in Saxony — cobalt and uranium ore came out of the same Erzgebirge seams after the silver played out. The 1921 Notgeld issue was purely practical: the postwar coin shortage left small municipalities scrambling to keep everyday transactions moving, and the Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was one of dozens of regional printers filling that gap across Saxony and Thuringia.
The full series runs to six notes (1a through 6), all sharing this reference block. Designer R. Römer is otherwise obscure in the Notgeld literature.