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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Nördlingen |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on a tan ground with a large central guilloche oval underprint in terracotta, within which the bold numeral "50" is rendered in Gothic blackletter script flanked by the words "Fünfzig" and "Pfennig" in white reserve on the oval border. A serial number appears at upper left, while the issuing authority "Magistrat der Stadt Nördlingen" is set in large Fraktur lettering along the lower margin. The date "Nördlingen, am 2. Oktober 1917" appears at lower left, with the facsimile signature of the rechtsk. Bürgermeister under the designation "Stadtmagistrat" at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennig Nur gültig f. d. Geldverkehr innerhalb des Stadtbezirkes bis zum 31. Dez. 1918 Fünfzig Pfennig 50 Nördlingen, am 2. Oktober 1917 Stadtmagistrat rechtsk. Bürgermeister Magistrat der Stadt Nördlingen |
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Nördlingen's municipal authorities, like hundreds of German towns, began issuing their own small-denomination Notgeld in 1917 as the war drained coinage from circulation — brass and nickel had more urgent uses than pocket change. The Magistrat issued these locally, almost certainly through a Nördlingen printer, which accounts for the modest production quality typical of provincial emergency issues from this period.
The DeNG reference distinguishes two varieties (N50.1 and N50.2), likely differing in signature, date, or a minor typographic detail — small variations that accumulated as successive batches were authorized and released.