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50 Pfennige
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Königlichen Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma |
|---|---|
| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Gültig im Bezirke der Königl. Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma bis 31. Dezember 1918. 50 Fünfzig Pfennige 50 zahlt der Bezirksverband Grimma gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines. Grimma, 21. Februar des Kriegsjahres 1917 Der Bezirksverband der Königl. Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma. Amtshauptmann. Sekretär. Wer die mit Genehmigung der Königl. Ministerien des Innern und der Finanzen ausgegebenen Gutscheine des Bezirksverbandes Grimma nachmacht, oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte Gutscheine sich verschafft und in den Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft. |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
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Grimma's Amtshauptmannschaft — a mid-level Saxon administrative district, not a municipal authority — issued this note as part of the broader Notgeld wave that swept Germany from 1916 onward when small-denomination coins disappeared into hoarding and metal collection drives. The issuer is unusually rural for even provincial Notgeld; most district-level emergency issues came from larger urban centers. Adam & Co. in Nerchau was a local print firm operating just a few kilometers from Grimma itself, which likely accounts for the embossed seal as the sole security measure — a practical choice for a printer without intaglio capability.
The v. Poth signature identifies the Amtshauptmann, a royally appointed administrative post that would be abolished entirely with the fall of the Saxon monarchy in November 1918.