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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Detmold (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 83 x 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Kämmereikasse löst diesen Gutschein ein. Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentl. Uuftündigung. Gut für 50 Pfg Detmold, Aug. 1920 Der Magistrat: |
| Reverse description | Cream-yellow ground with a simple ruled border. A coloured vignette at centre shows a Napoleonic-era Lippe infantryman in blue coat with red facings and white breeches, shouldering a musket, set against a stylised silhouette of Detmold church spires. Denomination "50g" appears upper right in teal, with the place-name "Lippe-Detmold" at top and a folk-verse legend at foot. |
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Detmold's municipal Notgeld issues of 1920 arrived during the acute small-change shortage that followed the wartime hoarding of coins — a problem so severe that hundreds of German towns printed their own emergency fractional notes rather than wait for the Reichsbank to address the gap. The Magistrat series from this small Lippe residenz-town is more modestly produced than the decorative "collector Notgeld" flooding the market at the same time, suggesting these were intended for genuine local circulation rather than philatelic sale.
Local printing was common for municipal issues of this type, keeping costs low and turnaround fast.