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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Döbeln (City of Döbeln) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in a decorative Jugendstil-influenced letterpress design with the denomination '50 Pfg.' repeated in the upper left and right corners, flanked on each side by a standing armoured knight rendered in polychrome. The central upper area carries the bold Gothic-script inscription 'Stadt Notgeld von Döbeln', beneath which the municipal coat of arms is placed between two oval vignettes: the left showing the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) and the right the Nicolai-Kirche (St. Nicholas Church). Below the coat of arms appear the issue date, validity period, the Stadtrat's manuscript signature, and a serial number. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Döbeln's 1921 Notgeld series belongs to the peak of Germany's municipal emergency currency boom, when Weimar-era inflation and coin shortages pushed hundreds of small cities into printing their own small-denomination scrip. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau handled the physical production — a regional trade printer taking on civic work, as was common across Saxony during this period. The watermark security feature is notable for Notgeld of this size and value; most comparable municipal issues dispensed with it entirely.