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50 Pfennigs

Issuer City of Saarburg (Rhine Province)
Year 1922
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Printer Gebrüder Parcus, Munich, Germany
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Obverse lettering STADT-SAARBURG
50 PFENNIG
DIE RECHTE UND PFLICHTEN AUS DIESER URKUNDE REGELN SICH NACH §807 DES BÜRGERLICHEN GESETZBUCHES.
SAARBURG (RHEINLAND)
DER BÜRGERMEISTER
GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN
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Reverse lettering DAS KÖNIGSGRAB A/D. SAAR
JOHANN DER BLINDE
GRAF VON LUXEMBURG
KÖNIG VON BÖHMEN GEB. 1297
GEFALLEN IN DER SCHLACHT BEI
CRECY 1346 BEIGESETZT AUF
DER KLAUSE BEI SAARBURG
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Saarburg's 50 Pfennig notgeld of 1922 belongs to the later wave of German municipal emergency currency — by this point inflation was accelerating rapidly, and many towns were commissioning artistically ambitious small-denomination notes partly as collectibles, knowing the philatelic market would absorb them. Gebrüder Parcus of Munich were among the more accomplished printers working this circuit, producing finely lithographed series for numerous Rhineland municipalities. Martin Mendgen's involvement as designer places this firmly in the local-talent tradition common to Rhenish notgeld commissions.

The DeNG reference suggests two known varieties within this emission.

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