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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Eilenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf. Martin Rinkart 1586 1649 Gutschein der Stadt Eilenburg Der Magistrat: Joßelian Vockrodt |
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| Signature(s) | Joßelian and Vockrodt |
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Eilenburg's municipal administration issued this notgeld during the prolonged small-change famine that followed the First World War — a period when hundreds of German towns printed their own fractional currency simply to keep commerce moving. The Magistrat notes were a practical stopgap, not a collector series, though the Liersch printing firm produced them competently.
The DeNG reference places this within a closely grouped sequence of six varieties, distinguished by serial combinations and signature pairings. Joßelian and Vockrodt were municipal signatories, almost certainly a financial officer and a mayor or deputy — the pairing is specific enough to date the note's authorization window fairly narrowly within 1921.