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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Emmendingen |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE EMMENDINGEN 1590 |
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| Protection description | Fine engine-turned guilloche pattern covering the entire note field on both sides, with ornate interlaced cartouches at corners incorporating the denomination numeral. |
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Emmendingen's municipal treasury — the Stadtkasse, not a bank — issued this note under the emergency currency (Notgeld) provisions that allowed German local authorities to fill the small-denomination coin shortage that worsened sharply from 1916 onward. Silver and nickel had been pulled from circulation for war procurement, and pfennig-value coinage effectively disappeared from daily commerce. Municipal paper was the practical answer, however unglamorous.
The guilloche underprint is typical of the better-produced first-wave Notgeld, before the deliberately decorative issues of 1920–21 turned the format into a collector vehicle. This one was meant to be used.