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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Kgl. Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper ground printed in black letterpress throughout. The denomination numeral '50' appears large at left, beside the bold Gothic script legend 'fünfzig Pfennige' in the upper centre. The issuing authority 'Bezirksverband der Kgl. Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz' is set below in a smaller blackletter typeface, accompanied by a manuscript signature with the designation 'Amtshauptmann'. A validity clause in small text at the foot states the note is valid within the district of the Kgl. Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz until 31 December 1919, all contained within a double-ruled border with a sawtooth outer frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 50 fünfzig Pfennige Bezirksverband der Kgl. Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz Amtshauptmann Gültig im Bezirke der Kgl. Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz bis zum 31. Dezember 1919 |
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Oschatz is a small Saxon town, and its Amtshauptmannschaft — the royal district administrative authority — was one of thousands of local bodies across Germany that stepped into the currency vacuum created by the acute small-change shortage of the First World War. The Reichsbank simply could not keep low-denomination coinage in circulation once metal was being diverted to the war effort, so municipalities, districts, and even private firms began printing their own Notgeld under informal tolerance from central authorities.
Krey und Sommerlad in Niedersedlitz, a Dresden suburb, handled a considerable volume of this Saxon emergency paper. The Grabowski andВанauer references cite two distinct varieties at this denomination, suggesting at least minor printing or paper differences between runs.