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50 Pfennige
| Issuer | Königliche Amtshauptmannschaft Zwickau |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche border frames the entire face, with the denomination numeral 50 repeated in circular cartouches at each corner. The central text, set in elaborate blackletter script, reads Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennige, with a validity inscription below restricting use to the district of the Royal Amtshauptmannschaft Zwickau until 31 December 1919. A facsimile signature of the Amtshauptmann appears at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR / No |
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Amtshauptmannschaft Zwickau was a Saxon administrative district, not a bank — the fact that it was issuing emergency currency at all reflects the near-total collapse of small-denomination coinage in Germany following the war. This is Notgeld in the strict sense: a stopgap printed by a local civil authority because the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough metal coin to keep everyday commerce moving.
The "Königliche" designation is a relic. Saxony's monarchy ended in November 1918, months before this note was issued.