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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Langenschwalbach (City of Langenschwalbach) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 107 × 71 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Langenschwalbach. Nur gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadt. 50 Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennig. 50 Der Magistrat. [Signatures] Dieser Schein verfällt, wenn er nicht innerhalb 3 Monate nach Friedensschluß oder nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrats bei der Stadtkasse eingelöst wird. Gesetzlich geschützt. J. P. Himmer, Augsburg. (Translation: Town of Langenschwalbach. Only valid for circulation within the town. 50 Voucher of fifty Pfennig. 50 The magistrate. [Signatures] This note expires if it is not redeemed with the town treasury within 3 months after a peace agreement or public announcement by the magistrate. Protected by law. J. P. Himmer, Augsburg.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a single central vignette, printed in black on plain paper, of the Kurhaus of Langenschwalbach rendered in fine letterpress line engraving. The neoclassical building is shown in three-quarter perspective with surrounding trees and a foreground path, all contained within a semicircular frame with a double-ruled border at the base. |
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Langenschwalbach — now Bad Schwalbach, renamed in 1927 after receiving official spa status — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped German municipalities from 1916 onward. Wartime metal requisitioning had gutted the coin supply, and thousands of towns printed their own Kleingeldersatz without central authorization. Himmer of Augsburg supplied a significant number of these municipal issues, working through a backlog of civic clients across Bavaria and beyond.
The Tieste reference places this firmly in the documented Notgeld corpus, though survival rates for low-denomination 1917 issues vary sharply — many circulated hard before the series was retired.