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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 lettering | Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennig Gültig im Bezirke der Stadt Freiberg bis auf Widerruf Ausgegeben am Kreistag 1921 Der Stadtrat zu Freiberg i.Sa. Haupt Oberbürgermeister |
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| Reverse lettering | Sünfzig Pfennig Stadt Freiberg Da sitz der Bergmann emsig schon vor Ort, Allmählich weicht dem schweren Schlag Gestein Und sollt es auch nur taub Gerölle sein – Auf Hoffnung baut er unverdrossen fort Doch steh, ein reicher Anbruch steht ihm offen Da kann den Jubel seine Brust nicht fassen, Den Freudenruf muß er erklingen lassen Ein leere Schicht verfuhr ich nicht! Glück auf! Dieser Schein wird von allen städtischen Kassen eingelöst LITH. ANST. ERNST LANGE FREIBERG |
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Freiberg's 1921 Kleingeldscheine were a direct response to the chronic small-change shortages that plagued German municipalities in the early Weimar period — metal coinage had been hoarded, melted, or simply failed to keep pace with rapid inflation. The City Council issued these notes under emergency authorization provisions that allowed local authorities to print substitute currency, a practice that produced thousands of distinct local types across Germany between 1918 and 1923.
Ernst Lange was a local Freiberg printer, which makes this a genuinely domestic product from first design to final signature. The Oberbürgermeister's signature, rendered here as "Haupt," carries legal weight under the authorizing ordinance.