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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Nördlingen (City of Nördlingen) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The note is laid out in a triptych format printed in black and red. The left and right panels each carry the denomination numeral '20' in bold black type over the word 'Pfennig' against a red guilloche underprint within an ornamental arch cartouche. The central vignette presents a line-engraved view of a medieval stone tower with a conical roof, bridge, and surrounding foliage, framed by a black rectangular border. The left panel bears the issue text and date 'am 2. October 1918', while the right panel states the validity deadline 'gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1919'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and red in a symmetrical triptych layout. The central motif is the heraldic eagle of Nördlingen — a crowned black eagle displayed, bearing a red-and-white striped shield on its breast — above a serial number cartouche in a plain rectangular frame. The denomination '20 Pfennig' appears in bold black numerals and lettering in both the left and right panels, each set against a red guilloche underprint within matching arch cartouches. The town name 'NÖRDLINGEN' arches in large capitals above the eagle. |
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Nördlingen's 1918 Notgeld issues belong to the first wave of municipal emergency money printed during the acute coin shortage of the First World War. The German imperial government had systematically withdrawn silver and copper coinage from circulation to meet metal demands, leaving small transactions functionally impossible. Towns like Nördlingen filled the gap themselves, printing low-denomination paper scrip under loose authorization from the Reich.
Nördlingen is one of only a handful of German towns that still retains its complete medieval ring wall — a fact locals were apparently proud enough to exploit heavily in their Notgeld imagery during this period.