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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lichtenstein-Callnberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Lichtenstein-Callnberg Dieser Gutschein wird an allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit 1nen Monat nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung. Lichtenstein-Callnberg, 1. April 1921 Der Stadtrat: 50 Pfg |
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| Reverse lettering | Der Satanas so arg bleasteret. Mit Webern er nie mehr ponssteret. 50 Pfg |
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Lichtenstein-Callnberg is a small Saxon town whose municipal authority — like hundreds of others across Germany — turned to local notgeld issues in 1921 as postwar inflation made Reichsbank-issued small change effectively disappear from circulation. The printer, Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce in nearby Glauchau, operated as a regional specialist in these municipal commissions, with "Künstlerdruck" indicating a higher-quality artistic print run rather than the more utilitarian emergency scrip produced by cheaper local presses.
The 1921 wave of Saxon notgeld was driven less by genuine monetary shortage than by collector demand — many municipalities knowingly overprinted to sell to hobbyists, a practice that inflated the numbers surviving today.