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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bad Sachsa |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown-violet on cream paper within a decorative ruled border. A central oval vignette contains the coat of arms of Bad Sachsa, surrounded by scrollwork and foliate ornament, surmounted by a crowned stag's head. The denomination 'Fünfzig- Pfennig' is set in Gothic blackletter script across the top, flanked by two elliptical guilloche panels. The date 'Bad Sachsa den 1. April 1921' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' appear to the right, accompanied by a manuscript facsimile signature, while a validity clause in Gothic script occupies the left panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown-violet on cream paper within a decorative ruled border. A large central landscape vignette presents a view of the Schmelzteich pond with the Katzenstein and Ravensberg hills in the background, rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination numeral '50' appears in scroll cartouches at the upper left and right corners, with 'Pfg' in similar cartouches at the lower corners, while promotional inscriptions on lateral banner scrolls advertise the town as a scenic and medically recommended spa resort and winter sport destination. |
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Bad Sachsa's municipal notgeld was part of the vast wave of small-denomination emergency paper issued by German towns during the postwar coin shortage — but Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer with a specific footprint in Harz-area notgeld production, handling commissions for several neighboring municipalities in 1920–21. The series was a local fiscal stopgap, not a commemorative issue, which means circulation wear is the norm rather than the exception for surviving examples.