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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Ansbach (Kgl. bayrische Kreishauptstadt Ansbach) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set within an ornate Art Nouveau border of scrolling foliage and cartouches, with the denomination numeral '50 Pf.' in decorative roundels at lower left and right. The upper portion carries the issuing authority's title in Kurrent script, flanked by a small heraldic vignette at top centre. A silhouetted panoramic skyline of Ansbach — with church spires and civic rooflines — runs across the lower half of the note. The Oberbürgermeister's manuscript signature appears centrally, with validity and redemption clauses in letterpress below the skyline. |
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| Signature(s) | Schneider (Oberbürgermeister) |
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Ansbach issued this 50 Pfennig note in 1917 under the emergency currency (Notgeld) framework that spread across German municipalities as the war ground on and small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unproduced. The Stadtmagistrat's designation as a königliche (royal) Bavarian district capital gave it the administrative standing to issue such notes on municipal authority rather than through a private employer or cooperative, which was the more common Notgeld route.
Authentication rested on the Amtssiegel and the countersignature of Oberbürgermeister Schneider. No engraver was commissioned; this was municipal paperwork pressed into monetary service.