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50 Pfennig - Gössnitz
| Issuer | Stadtrat Gößnitz (City Council of Gößnitz, Saxe-Altenburg) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZ GÜLTIG BIS 50 1 JAHR NACH FRIEDENSSCHLUSS |
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Gößnitz issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1918 as the German war economy strangled the supply of copper and nickel — the metals that would normally have circulated in denominations this size. Municipal councils across Saxe-Altenburg and neighboring states were effectively deputized by necessity, filling the vacuum left when imperial coinage vanished into hoarding and metal requisition drives. Gößnitz, a small rail junction town, was not unusual in doing this, but its issues are sparsely documented outside specialist Funck references.