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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Borna |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on a light green guilloche underprint enclosed within an orange repeating diamond-motif border. The word "Gutschein" is set in large black Gothic script across the centre, below a validity inscription arching across the top in Gothic lettering; the bold denomination "50" is rendered in red and black with horizontal line engraving, flanked by the abbreviation "Pfg.". The issuing authority's name appears in cursive script at the foot above a manuscript signature line. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an oval vignette engraved in fine line work, presenting a view of a historic town with a medieval tower, multi-storey burgher houses, and a half-timbered structure set beneath a warm salmon-tinted sky. The vignette is set within a swirling grey-green guilloche underprint on a light ground, all enclosed by an orange diamond-pattern border matching the obverse; denomination numerals "50" with a Pfennig sign appear at upper right and lower left. The series designation "Reihe F" is placed at lower right, and the printer's imprint runs along the foot. |
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Borna's Amtshauptmannschaft issued this note in 1919 as part of the vast Notgeld wave that swept rural German administrative districts when small-denomination Reichsmark coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely. The Amtshauptmannschaft — a Saxon district administrative unit — was an unusual issuing authority; most comparable Notgeld came from municipalities or merchants' associations rather than from intermediate administrative bodies.
C.C. Meinhold & Söhne were among Saxony's most active Notgeld printers during this period, handling enormous volumes for clients across the region. Heinrich Wieynck, the designer credited here, was a Leipzig-trained graphic artist whose work appeared across multiple Saxon Notgeld commissions in 1919.