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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Saarburg (Rhine Province) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 2#1156.1-5/6 |
| Obverse description | The issuer's name STADT-SAARBURG is printed in large bold Gothic lettering across the top of the note. At centre, within a circular vignette surrounded by decorative foliage, the Saarburg municipal coat of arms is shown, bearing a tower and the Trier cross on a blue field, with the artist's name Martin Mendsen inscribed along the lower rim of the circle. The denomination 50 PFENNIG appears in large red numerals on both the left and right panels, with a legal clause referencing §807 of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch on the left and the locality name SAARBURG (RHEINLAND) together with DER BÜRGERMEISTER and a facsimile signature on the right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two horizontal registers of heraldic vignettes, presenting nine red shield-shaped coats of arms on a green foliate ground, each bearing a symbol of a local trade or craft — including a bunch of grapes, a cider jug inscribed VIEZ, a caduceus, a hide, a bell, a barrel, a carpenter's tools, an anchor, and crossed implements. Four lines of verse in bold letterpress run across the top and six further lines appear below the heraldic band, all composed in a distinctive block-capital style evoking local pride in Saarburg's industries and commerce. |
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Saarburg on the Saar — not to be confused with Saarburg in the Rhineland-Palatinate region near Trier, though the two are frequently conflated in dealer listings — issued this note during the peak years of German municipal emergency money, when the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small-denomination coinage forced hundreds of towns to print their own. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich was one of the more prolific commercial printers serving this demand, producing Notgeld for municipalities across Bavaria and the Rhineland simultaneously.
The DeNG reference distinguishes five to six variants within this issue, likely differentiated by serial numbering or minor typographic details rather than substantive design changes.