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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Heilbronn (City of Heilbronn) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Heilbronn Fünfzig Pfennig zahlen gegen diesen Schein alle städt. Kassen bis 1. Juli 1921 Nachahmung strafbar |
| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on a large spread eagle vignette printed in dark grey-blue ink, with wings fully extended and rendered in a bold Jugendstil graphic style against a plain ground. The numeral '50' appears in red on either side of the eagle's head. Below the eagle, the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is printed in large blue Gothic blackletter, flanked by the issuer location 'Heilbronn am Neckar' and the issue date '1. Dezemb. 1917' in red. The note is enclosed by the same decorative Iron Cross border as the obverse. |
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Heilbronn's 1917 50 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the first major wave of German municipal emergency currency, issued as small-denomination Reichsmark coinage vanished from circulation due to wartime metal hoarding and requisitioning. Cities were not formally authorized to issue paper currency — they did it anyway, under pressure from merchants and workers who had no practical means of making change.
Printed locally, as most Heilbronn Notgeld was, rather than through one of the larger commercial security printers used by wealthier municipalities.