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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hohndorf, Bezirk Chemnitz |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed letterpress view of the Hohndorf Rathaus (town hall) set among mature trees, captioned 'RATHAUS' and signed 'KÖTSCHAU' at upper right. Two standing miners in uniform flank the vignette within yellow cartouches at left and right, echoing the obverse design. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals at the lower corners, and a descriptive text panel at the foot records the town's population and economic institutions. |
| Reverse lettering | HOHNDORFER NOTGELD RATHAUS KÖTSCHAU HOHNDORF: 6500 EINWOHNER, BERGWERKSINDUSTRIE SPARKASSE, GEMEINDEVERBANDS GIROKASSE !!! 50 |
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Hohndorf is a small village in the Erzgebirge foothills, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities in 1921, it issued Notgeld not because of any local financial crisis but because the Reichsbank simply couldn't produce enough small-denomination coinage to keep pace with early Weimar inflation. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau — a municipal print shop serving the broader Chemnitz region — handled a considerable volume of these communal issues, which accounts for the family resemblance between notes from otherwise unrelated towns.
Hohndorf's issue is among the more ephemeral of the Bezirk Chemnitz series. Many were redeemed promptly once the shortage eased, and the survival rate reflects that brevity of use.