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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Buer i. W. (City of Buer in Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal-bordered note on a light green diamond-pattern guilloche underprint, with the denomination numeral '50' at each corner. The issuer name 'Stadt Buer i. W.' is printed in Gothic blackletter script at the top, below which appears the municipal coat of arms as a central vignette. The text 'Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in large Gothic type, followed by a three-line legal redemption clause and the date 'Buer i. W., 25. Oktober 1918' above two manuscript signatures under the legend 'Der Magistrat:'. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse with the same octagonal border and light diamond-pattern guilloche underprint as the obverse, bearing the denomination numeral '50' in each corner in inverted orientation. A large purple overprint 'Ungültig' (invalid) is stamped across the centre, indicating cancellation, with a faint ghost impression of the municipal arms visible through the paper. A red serial number is printed at the lower centre. |
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Buer was an independent city in Westphalia until its forced incorporation into Gelsenkirchen in 1928 — a merger it resisted politically for years. This 50 Pfennig note belongs to the wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Germany in 1918 as the imperial government's metal coinage vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted down under wartime pressure. Thousands of towns printed their own emergency notes that year, but Buer's issues are among the more localized, reflecting the brief window in which it still existed as a distinct administrative entity.