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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Emmendingen, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A World War I-era German Notgeld note issued by the town of Emmendingen, with the denomination '50 Pfennig' rendered in bold letterpress type at the upper or central area of the note. The text identifies the issuing municipal authority and the year 1917, in keeping with standard wartime emergency currency typography. The design is characteristically austere, relying on printed text and simple vignette elements typical of municipal Notgeld issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this Emmendingen municipal Notgeld carries printed text attesting to the note's validity and conditions of redemption, consistent with German wartime emergency currency practice. Simple typographic composition fills the face, with the denomination and issuer details reiterated in a plain, utilitarian layout. Decorative elements, if present, are minimal, reflecting the expedient production methods common to 1917 Notgeld issues. |
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German municipal notgeld of this period was almost never printed by professional security printers. Emmendingen's 1917 50 Pfennig issue was almost certainly produced locally — a town printshop pressed into service as the wartime coin shortage made small-denomination paper unavoidable across hundreds of Baden communities simultaneously.
The Reichsbank had effectively abandoned the fractional coinage supply by mid-1917, forcing municipalities to act unilaterally. Emmendingen was one of dozens of small Baden towns that filled the gap that year, most issuing without any formal central authorization.