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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Roßbach, Kreis Querfurt |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1#1135.1-4/6 |
| Obverse description | Printed in teal, green, and yellow tones on a grey paper ground, the obverse centres on a stepped geometric-bordered heraldic shield bearing a rearing white horse in a landscape, inscribed ROSSBACH / KREIS QUERFURT with crossed keys at the base. The denomination 50 Pf. appears in bold type at left and right, flanked by two allegorical vignettes — mining tools with oak leaves and a gear at left, agricultural implements with a wheat sheaf at right — both set against a flame-like yellow underprint. The legend NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE ROSSBACH runs along the upper margin, with a validity clause at lower left and the facsimile signature of the Gemeindevorsteher at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in warm orange and ochre tones with black letterpress text, centred on a circular vignette enclosing a left-facing profile bust of Frederick the Great wearing a cocked hat with feather plume, encircled by a laurel wreath and captioned Friedrich d. Einzige. Horizontal orange bands carry the bold inscription DER SIEGER VON ROSSBACH, with the commemorative date 5. NOV. 1757 flanking the portrait below. Geometric corner ornaments with concentric diamond motifs appear at lower left and right, and a row of exclamation marks forms a decorative frieze along the upper border. |
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Roßbach was a small rural commune in the Querfurt district of Prussian Saxony, and like thousands of German municipalities it resorted to printing its own emergency small change during the Kleingeldnot — the acute coin shortage that followed the disruption of metal supplies in the First World War. The Hofdruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder in Gera was a regional court printer that took on substantial Notgeld contract work during this period, serving dozens of Thuringian and Saxon communities that lacked access to larger printing houses.
The DeNG reference indicates four known varieties within this sub-series, distinguished by date, color, or overprint differences rather than denomination.