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50 Pfennig Kreis Delitzsch
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss Delitzsch (Kreis Delitzsch) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 80 x 51 mm |
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| Obverse description | Tan-tinted note with a wave-pattern guilloche underprint across the entire field, framed by a decorative letterpress border. Denomination numerals '50' appear in corner cartouches at upper left and right. Central text in bold Gothic typeface gives the value, validity date, redemption clause, place and date of issue, and issuing authority; three manuscript signatures of district committee members appear at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN für 50 PFENNIG Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1918. Dieser Gutschein wird bis zu diesem Tage bei der Kreiskommunalkasse hier eingelöst. Delitzsch den 9. März 1917. Der Kreisausschuss. |
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Kreis Delitzsch issued this note in 1917 under the emergency currency provisions that allowed German municipal and district authorities to print their own Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — as coin metal was diverted to wartime production. By mid-war, even low-denomination copper and nickel coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce, and district committees like the Kreisausschuss were filling the gap with locally printed and locally stamped paper.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication mechanism, applied after printing to discourage forgery. Delitzsch, a small administrative district in the Prussian Province of Saxony, produced relatively modest quantities compared to larger urban issuers.