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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Emmendingen |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue-grey notgeld note with an ornate guilloche border incorporating the denomination numeral '20' in each corner. The central text, set in a combination of gothic blackletter and Roman typefaces, announces the voucher value of 'Zwanzig Pfennig' in large script, with the issuing authority text above and the place and date 'EMMENDINGEN, den 1. August 1917' below. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot, attributed to the Bürgermeister and the Ratschreiber on behalf of the Gemeinderat, with a validity clause reading 'Giltig nur im Stadtbezirk Emmendingen bis 6 Monate nach Friedensschluss.' |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same pale blue-grey tone, with a guilloche-patterned border and the denomination numeral '20' repeated in each corner. At the centre, a circular vignette bears the arms of Emmendingen — a divided heraldic shield with a diagonal band, surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by decorative elements — encircled by the legend 'STADTGEMEINDE EMMENDINGEN' and the founding year '1590' at the base. |
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Emmendingen's municipal treasury issued this note under the emergency small-change shortage that gripped German towns from 1914 onward — silver and copper coinage had vanished from circulation almost immediately after mobilization, hoarded by the public and absorbed by wartime metal demands. By 1917, Kleingeldersatz paper in denominations as low as 5 Pfennig was a municipal necessity across Baden and the rest of the Reich.
The Stadtkasse series from Emmendingen is modestly documented. These small municipal issues were printed in short runs, often locally, and most were redeemed and pulped once coin supplies normalized after 1923.