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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Cochem |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LANDKREIS COCHEM Gutschein über 50 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird vom Landkreise Cochem durch die Kreiskommunalkasse in Zahlung genommen. Der allgemeine Einlösungstermin tritt drei Monate nach vorheriger Bekanntgabe im Kreisblatt und der Cochemer Zeitung ein. Cochem, den 19. November 1918. Der Kreisausschuß des Kreises Cochem. Der Vorsitzende. |
| Reverse description | Olive-green letterpress print on plain paper, with the denomination numeral '50' in large bold type at each corner against a background of stylised oak-leaf and acorn ornamental borders. The central vignette, set within an octagonal frame, presents a detailed line-art view of Burg Cochem, the medieval hilltop castle overlooking vineyards and wooded slopes, with the inscription 'BURG COCHEM' above the castle in the vignette field. |
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Kreisscheine — emergency district-level notes — proliferated across Germany in 1918 as chronic coin shortages, driven by wartime metal requisitioning, forced local administrative bodies to fill the gap. The Kreisausschuss des Kreises Cochem, the elected executive committee of the Cochem district on the Moselle, had legal standing to issue such notes but no banking infrastructure behind them. Validity was typically restricted to the issuing district, which limited counterfeiting incentive but also meant notes rarely traveled far enough to survive in quantity.
The embossed seal substituted for the intaglio security printing unavailable to district-level issuers.