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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Döbeln, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pfg. Notgeld von Stadt Döbeln Döbeln 1. Sept. 1921 Gültig bis 30. September 1921 Der Stadtrat Neues Rathaus Nicolai-Kirche (Translation: 50 pfennigs Notgeld of the city of Döbeln Döbeln Sept. 1, 1921 Valid until September 30, 1921 The city council New town hall Nicolai church) |
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| Reverse lettering | Staunen Abmarsch mit dem liebsten Kleinod Entsagung (Translation: Amazement March off with your favorite gem Renunciation) |
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Döbeln's 1921 Notgeld issue was one of thousands of municipal emergency notes flooding German commerce during the coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau — a regional council printer rather than a specialist security firm — handled production, which partly explains the relatively modest printing quality typical of Saxon municipal issues from this period.
Döbeln itself is a small Saxony town on the Freiberger Mulde, and its wartime and postwar financial administration was under considerable strain by 1921, with hyperinflation still accelerating toward its catastrophic 1923 peak.