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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Saarburg (City of Saarburg), Rhine Province |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT-SAARBURG 50 PFENNIG DIE RECHTE UND PFLICHTEN AUS DIESER URKUNDE REGELN SICH NACH §807 DES BÜRGERLICHEN GESETZBUCHES. 50 PFENNIG SAARBURG (RHEINLAND) DER BÜRGERMEISTER GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN. |
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| Reverse lettering | TROTZ ALLER NOT VERKNÜPFEN FESTE BANDE DIE WESTMARK MIT DEM DEUTSCHEN VATERLANDE ERFAHREN WIR AUCH SCHWERES NOCH AUFS NEUE WIR HALTEN AUS IN ALTER DEUTSCHER TREUE RHEINPROVINZ LUXEMBURG LOTHRINGEN SAARGEBIET MOSEL SAAR TRIER BEURIG CASTEL |
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Saarburg's 1922 Notgeld issue came at the peak of Germany's postwar small-change crisis, when municipal authorities across the Rhine Province were printing their own emergency currency because Reichsbank coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply inadequate to the volume of transactions in an inflating economy. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich was one of the more prolific Notgeld printers of the period, handling commissions from hundreds of municipalities simultaneously.
Martin Mendsen's involvement as designer is worth noting — Parcus regularly employed named artists for collectible-grade Notgeld, as by 1922 the secondary market for series sets was already substantial enough to influence print runs.