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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Pasing (City of Pasing) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Vivid green underprint composed of a repeating pattern of small circular motifs covers the entire field. At centre, an octagonal vignette on a red ground depicts Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon, rendered in bold black letterpress. To the left stands the Pasing town coat of arms (tower on waves) beneath a banner reading 'VIEL FEIND', and to the right the Bavarian lion coat of arms beneath a banner reading 'VIEL EHR'. The heading 'K. B. Stadt Pasing' is set in large red Gothic script across the top, while the denomination '50 Pfennig' appears twice in red Gothic numerals and script at lower left and right. The printer's imprint 'MEINDL, MÜNCHEN-PASING' is present at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | K. B. Stadt Pasing VIEL FEIND VIEL EHR 50 Pfennig MEINDL, MÜNCHEN-PASING |
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Pasing was an independent Bavarian town until its incorporation into Munich in 1938, and this 1918 Notgeld issue reflects the municipal autonomy it still exercised during the final year of the First World War. The Stadtmagistrat — the city's governing council — issued emergency small-denomination scrip because wartime coin hoarding had stripped everyday commerce of usable change. Meindl, a local Munich-Pasing printer, handled production, keeping the entire operation within the town's own borders.
The 50 Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly issued Notgeld values precisely because it filled the gap left by vanishing silver and nickel coinage.