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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Döbeln (City of Döbeln) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in a vivid multicolour letterpress style with a black outer border enclosing a yellow underprint field. Two armoured knights in blue and grey stand as lateral supporters flanking the central design, each holding a lance with crossed arrows above. At centre, the municipal coat of arms of Döbeln — a red castle with twin towers on a white shield — is set between two oval vignettes: the left showing the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) and the right the Nicolai-Kirche (St. Nicholas Church). The issuing authority legend, date, validity inscription, and a manuscript signature of the Stadtrat appear below the arms, with a serial number in black at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Argmohn Ritter Stauditzens Burgbau Klugheit 1 Schleinitz |
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Döbeln's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second great wave of German municipal emergency currency, printed as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small denominations in circulation during the inflationary spiral that preceded the catastrophic hyperinflation of 1923. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a regional council printer — not one of the major specialist firms like Giesecke & Devrient — which accounts for the modest production quality typical of smaller Saxon municipal commissions.
Döbeln itself was a mid-sized industrial town on the Freiberger Mulde, known for textile and metalworking trades. Its Notgeld was functional rather than collectible in intent, unlike the elaborate "Serienscheine" produced by other municipalities purely for the collector market that flourished simultaneously.