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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kiel (City of Kiel) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 95 × 52 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT KIEL FÜNFZIG PFENNIG STADT KIEL Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig KIEL DEN 1. JANUAR 1918. Oberbürgerm. Bürgerm. Stadtverordm. Vorsteher Stellv. Stadtv. Vorsteher |
| Reverse description | Green on cream paper with a wavy-line guilloche underprint and a dark green outer border. The central vignette shows a view of Kiel's Rathaus (city hall) with its tall tower, framed within an oval bordered by a circular inscription in Gothic lettering. To the left, a text block states the redemption terms of the voucher, and to the right, a second text block sets out the expiry conditions. The denomination '50 PFENNIG' appears at lower left within a decorative frame, and a small municipal shield is placed at the base of the central vignette. |
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Kiel's 50 Pfennig Notgeld of 1918 was issued by the city government at a moment when the Imperial monetary system was visibly failing — small-denomination coins had been hoarded or melted, and municipal authorities across Germany filled the gap with locally printed paper. Kiel's position as the main base of the Imperial High Seas Fleet gave the city an unusually charged atmosphere that year; the November 1918 mutiny of sailors in Kiel harbour directly triggered the German Revolution.
Municipal Notgeld of this period was typically printed by local commercial printers on short notice, with no involvement from the Reichsdruckerei.