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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Oberamtsstadt Rottenburg am Neckar |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | Oberamtsstadt Rottenburg a. N. Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig Einlösbar bei allen Städt. Kassen. Den 2. Januar 1918. Stadtschultheiß: Stadtpfleger: GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN. |
| Reverse description | Light blue-green guilloche underprint on a pale ground, enclosed by the same scrollwork border as the obverse. A central rectangular vignette presents a grotesque bearded face — a carved wooden mask motif — with the inscription 'Itz isch halt so' across its open mouth and a verse below reading 'Glücklich ist, wer vergißt, Was nicht mehr zu ändern ist.' Flanking the central vignette are two circular guilloché medallions each bearing the numeral '50' above the word 'Pfennig', with 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1921' at lower left and 'Nachahmung strafbar' at lower right. |
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Rottenburg am Neckar issued this Kleingeldschein during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in 1917–18, when hoarding of metal coins became so severe that hundreds of municipalities, districts, and private firms resorted to printing their own fractional notes. The legal basis was shaky throughout — the Reich never fully sanctioned the practice, but tolerated it out of necessity.
Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled a substantial volume of this municipal emergency paper, supplying notgeld to Bavarian and Swabian towns alike. Their output is generally consistent in printing quality, which makes condition differentiation within the series more meaningful than it might otherwise be.