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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Annaburg (Municipality of Annaburg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the municipal arms of Annaburg — a rose tree bearing red blooms on a green mound against a pale blue field — are rendered within a pointed heraldic shield framed by an ornate black border, above which a ribbon cartouche in Gothic script carries the town name and year 1921. Two octagonal denomination panels in red and black Gothic numerals flank the shield left and right, while red-bordered instructional panels in the upper corners set out redemption conditions. A manuscript authorisation signature of the Gemeindevorstand and a serial number appear in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | Das ist ein Spruch von alters her Wer Sorgen hat hat auch Cikör- Drum hatte Mutter Anna welche So griff Sie nach dem Sorgenkelche |
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Annaburg is a small town in what was then Prussian Saxony, and this note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Germany between 1919 and 1922 — a direct consequence of postwar coin shortages so severe that even minor townships resorted to printing their own fractional currency. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional commercial printer, not a specialist security printer, which was entirely normal for small-denomination municipal issues of this period; the practical threshold for engaging firms like Giesecke & Devrient simply didn't apply at the 50 Pfennig level.
Koch's Halberstadt operation handled Notgeld commissions for numerous small Prussian communities during these years.