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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Buttstädt (City of Buttstädt) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Blue-toned reverse printed in a single colour, dominated by a large Imperial German double-headed eagle vignette at the centre, with sword and sceptre, set within an elaborate guilloche border of oak-leaf and acorn motifs. The denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is rendered in bold Gothic script across the middle, flanked by the numerals '50' and 'PF.' in ornamental roundels at left and right. A redemption clause in Gothic script is printed below the eagle, and the year '1917' appears twice in the lower margin; a handstamped serial number is struck in black at the top. |
| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig 50 PF. Dieser Schein verjählt 3 Monate nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Gemeindevorstandes zur Einlösung 1917 |
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Buttstädt is a small market town in Thuringia, and this 1917 note belongs to the first wave of German municipal emergency currency — Notgeld issued as fractional coinage disappeared from circulation hoarded for its metal content during the war. Dozens of towns this size printed their own 50 Pfennig notes simply to make change, with minimal oversight from central authorities.
Early 1917 Notgeld of this type was often printed on whatever paper stock the local printer had available, which accounts for the variation in paper quality and weight seen across surviving examples from small Thuringian issuers.