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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Eilenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a bust portrait of composer Franz Abt set within an oval laurel wreath, printed in brown tones. The denomination '50 PF.' appears in large red numerals at lower left and right. The title inscription in ornate red Gothic script runs across the top, with validity date at upper left and the issuing authority 'DER MAGISTRAT' with a manuscript signature at upper right. A scroll cartouche below the portrait bears the name 'FRANZ ABT' in block lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | ALL' ABEND, BEVOR ICH ZUR RUHE GEH', BLICK ICH HINAUS IN DIE NACHT, UND WENN ICH EIN HELLES STERN- FRANZ ABT DENKMAL 50 PF. |
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Eilenburg's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency money — by this point, the Reichsbank's coin shortage had been chronic for years and hundreds of towns were printing their own fractional notes to keep local commerce moving. Eilenburg, a small Saxon industrial town on the Mulde, was entirely typical in this respect.
A. Dickert's designer credit is relatively rare in Notgeld documentation — most small municipal issues went uncredited. Whether Dickert was a local commercial artist or a Leipzig print trade professional is not currently established in the literature.