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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Delitzsch |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown and olive-gold tones, centred on an oval portrait vignette of Dr. Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, rendered in a bold illustrative style. Curved Fraktur lettering arching above reads the issuer name and denomination, with the validity date "20. AUGUST 1921" inscribed within the composition. The lower portion carries large numeral "50" underprints flanking the magistrate's designation and a facsimile signature, with the designer's name "A. UEBEL" and year "1921" printed at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG 50 Gutschein der Stadt Delitzsch GÜLTIG BIS 20. AUGUST 1921 HILF DIR SELBST SO HILFT DIR GOTT DR. HERMANN SCHULZE-D. DER MAGISTRAT: 50 50 DIR |
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Delitzsch is a small town north of Leipzig, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, its Magistrat issued Notgeld not out of genuine monetary desperation but to meet a practical shortage of small-denomination coin that the Reichsbank simply could not supply fast enough in the inflationary spiral following the war. The designer credit to A. Uebel is locally significant — Delitzsch had a tradition of engaging its own civic artists for Notgeld series rather than outsourcing to the Leipzig commercial printers who handled most Saxony municipal issues.
The reference number suggests this belongs to a two-variant set, likely differing in serial placement or underprint color rather than face design.