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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Eilenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red, brown, and ochre tones on a cream ground. A central vignette presents a bust portrait of composer Franz Wilhelm Abt set within an oval wreath of laurel branches tied with a ribbon, below which a cartouche bears the inscription "FRANZ ABT". The heading reads "Gutschein der Stadt Eilenburg" in decorative red Fraktur script across the top, flanked by the denomination "50 PF." in bold red numerals at lower left and right; validity text "Gültig bis 30. September 1921" appears at upper left, with the facsimile signature of Der Magistrat to the upper right and the designer's signature "A. Dickert" at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in red, brown, and ochre on a tan ground. A large circular vignette at centre contains a detailed view of Eilenburg Castle (Das Schloss), rendered with red-roofed towers, stone walls, and surrounding foliage in a bold illustrative style. Flanking the vignette at lower left and right are two decorative cartouches bearing stylised views of a city gate. The denomination "50 PF." appears in bold numerals at upper left and right, the designer's signature "A. Dickert" is at upper right, and the legend "DAS SCHLOSS" is inscribed on a ribbon below the vignette. A two-line verse runs across the top and bottom margins of the note. |
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Eilenburg, a small industrial town in Saxony, issued notgeld during the early 1920s inflationary period when the German central government could not produce sufficient small-denomination coinage to meet everyday demand. Municipal authorities across Germany stepped in, and Eilenburg's Magistrat was among hundreds of local bodies issuing their own emergency fractional currency — legally tolerated but technically unauthorized.
The designer credit to A. Dickert is unusual; most municipal notgeld of this type was farmed out to commercial printers whose house artists went uncredited. Whether Dickert was a local figure or a contracted designer is not established in the standard references.