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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Großenhain |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Pale cream note with a red guilloche border of interlocking diamond and lattice pattern framing the entire design. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in large bold Gothic blackletter type in each upper corner, with a central circular red vignette bearing a heraldic or civic motif, overprinted with a sequential serial number in blue. The issuing authority legend 'Der Stadtrat zu Großenhain' is set in Gothic script below the vignette, accompanied by a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein ist nur im Stadtbezirk Großenhain und nur bis 31. Dezember 1918 gültig und wird bis dahin an allen städt. Kassen in Zahlung genommen. 50 |
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Großenhain, a small textile town in Saxony, issued this Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the final year of the First World War. Municipal councils across the country were forced to fill the vacuum left by hoarded coins, and Stadtrat zu Großenhain was among hundreds of local authorities producing their own fractional paper — a situation the Reichsbank tolerated out of necessity rather than policy.
The 66 × 46 mm format is notably small even by Kleingeldscheine standards, which frequently complicates authentication since trimming and moisture damage are hard to distinguish at these dimensions.