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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Meiningen (Magistrat der Residenzstadt Meiningen) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 96 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note printed on a fine floral guilloche underprint in pale tones. The bold numeral '50' in brown occupies the upper left, accompanied by the Gothic-script heading 'Notgeldschein Nr.' with serial number; the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in ornate Fraktur lettering at centre. The guarantee text and issuing authority line 'Der Magistrat:' appear at foot, with a circular blind-embossed official city seal of Meiningen at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein Nr. Fünfzig Pfennig verbürgt durch die Residenzstadt Meiningen Kriegsjahr 1917. Der Magistrat: |
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Meiningen's status as a ducal residence — seat of the Saxe-Meiningen court — gave its municipal authority a degree of administrative self-confidence unusual for a small German city, and that probably explains the embossed magistrate seal pressed into this note rather than a simple printed facsimile. Most Notgeld of this early 1917 vintage relied entirely on ink for authentication; the physical seal was a deliberate assertion of official weight.
This note predates the flood of decorative Notgeld that collectors now associate with the Weimar period. It was made to spend, not to keep.