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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband Dippoldiswalde |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown on a light blue guilloche underprint, the reverse presents a central ornamental cartouche with scroll-work corners enclosing the large bold numeral '50' above the denomination text 'PFENNIGE'. Below, a two-line validity notice is set in capital letterpress type against the patterned ground, with vertical ruled bars filling the dark outer border on both sides. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 PFENNIGE DIESER SCHEIN IST NUR GÜLTIG IM BEZIRKSVERBANDE DIPPOLDISWALDE |
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Dippoldiswalde is a small administrative district in Saxony, and like hundreds of German municipalities it issued Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that followed the First World War. The Bezirksverband — the district association rather than a municipal treasury — was the issuing body, which places this note in the early emergency phase rather than the later collector-targeted "Serienscheine" wave of 1921–22.
At 50 × 40 mm, this is among the smallest paper Notgeld produced, consistent with issues intended for rapid hand-to-hand use rather than display.