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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Groß-Wirschleben |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue on cream paper and centres on a folk-scene vignette in which a costumed devil-like figure dances before a line of villagers in traditional dress, with a church steeple visible in the background. A ribbon banner at the top of the vignette bears the inscription 'Groß-Wirschleber Gauteufel', while decorative geometric chevron panels flank both sides of the central image. The bottom panel repeats the place-name 'Groß-Wirschleben in Anhalt' in Gothic lettering, with denomination numerals '50' printed in the left and right margins. |
| Reverse lettering | Groß-Wirschleber Gauteufel Groß-Wirschleben in Anhalt |
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Groß-Wirschleben was a small agricultural commune in the Prussian province of Saxony, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it issued Notgeld during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. The DeNG reference indicates at least two distinct varieties within this single denomination series — minor differences in print run, serial arrangement, or date that cataloguers have split accordingly.
Gemeinde-level notgeld from villages of this size typically had limited print runs and genuinely local circulation, rarely traveling beyond the issuing parish.