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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kempen i/P. (City of Kempen in Posen), Magistrat |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain beige paper ground with a central guilloche underprint of concentric circular lathe-work. The note is framed by a decorative chain-link border with denomination numeral '50' in each corner cartouche. The issuing authority 'Stadt Kempen i/p.' appears at the top in Gothic blackletter, followed by the serial number in red, and the text 'Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig' in large blackletter script. The date 'Kempen i/p. am 1. Sept. 1918' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' appear below, accompanied by two manuscript signatures, with the printer's imprint 'Graß, Barth & Comp. (W. Friedrich) Breslau.' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two shield-shaped vignettes flanking a central denomination inscription. The left vignette bears the municipal coat of arms of Kempen, consisting of a heraldic shield surmounted by a crown and displaying a stork standing on a nest, supported by decorative strapwork. The right vignette presents a view of a local landmark, a tall water tower with associated buildings rendered in fine line engraving. Between the vignettes, the denomination '50 Pfennig' and the inscription 'Stadt 50 Kempen i/p.' are printed in bold Gothic blackletter. |
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Kempen in Posen — now Kępno in west-central Poland — issued this note as part of the vast Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities when wartime metal shortages made coin production impossible. The Magistrat, like hundreds of similar local authorities, became a de facto emergency issuer simply to keep small transactions functioning.
Graß, Barth & Comp., operating under the W. Friedrich imprint in Breslau, printed municipal Notgeld for numerous Silesian and Poznań-region towns during this period — a regional concentration that reflected both proximity and existing commercial relationships with local governments.