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50 Pfennig Blesch
| Issuer | Hotel & Kaffeehaus Blesch, Dresden |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a finely executed letterpress vignette spanning the full width of the note, rendered in dark blue-black ink over a yellow underprint. On the left, a panoramic view of the Dresden skyline along the Elbe river with a bridge in the foreground is visible; on the right stands the Belvedere building on the Brühlsche Terrasse, flying a flag from its roof. A large stylised oak tree frames the upper portion of the composition, its canopy bearing the patriotic motto in Gothic script. Central text in Fraktur lettering identifies the establishment and its address, with a serial number printed at the base of the central cartouche. |
| Reverse lettering | Deutsch wollen wir sein! Deutsch wollen wir bleiben! Belvedere Brühlsche Terrasse Der Balkon Europas Hotel & Kaffeehaus Blesch Pragerstraße Dresden A |
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Private hotel and café notgeld from Dresden, issued by a commercial establishment rather than a municipality or savings bank — a relatively uncommon issuer type even within the notgeld phenomenon of the early 1920s. The printer, Peter Paul Bendschneider of Hamburg, produced small-run private scrip for businesses throughout Germany during the inflationary period, typically in short press runs that were redeemed locally and rarely survived in quantity.
The Hamburg origin of the printing is worth noting: Dresden establishments frequently sourced emergency small-change notes from out-of-city printers when local capacity was overwhelmed by municipal demand.