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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Jülich (City of Jülich) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 100 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | At left, an engraved oval portrait vignette of Herzog Wilhelm V. von Jülich (1539–1592), dressed in Renaissance attire with ruff collar, set within a decorative surround of foliage and crowned with a ducal coronet; a caption below the portrait identifies him as 'der zweite Erbauer der Stadt.' To the right, the denomination '50 PFENNIG' is printed in large bold letterpress type beneath the heading 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER,' with a red-printed serial number on a shaded panel. The lower banner reads 'STADT JÜLICH 1918,' and the body text notes acceptability at all municipal cashiers, with the date 'den 1. Nov. 1918,' the issuing authority 'JÜLICH, RHLD.' and a manuscript Bürgermeister signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue-grey and divided into two compositional zones. At left, the armorial shield of Jülich — a lion rampant on a chequered field — is set within an elaborate cartouche incorporating a cornucopia, scrollwork, and a harvest still-life of fruit and vegetables rendered in fine intaglio-style engraving. At right, a detailed architectural vignette shows the Hexenturm (Altes Rurtor), the medieval round tower of Jülich, surrounded by trees and townspeople; the denomination numeral '50' appears in blocked panels at upper right and lower right, with the printer's imprint 'Carl Schleicher & Schüll Düren' at the bottom margin. |
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Jülich issued this note in 1918 as one of the millions of Notgeld pieces that flooded Germany once Reichsbank coins vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or requisitioned for war industry. Carl Schleicher & Schüll in nearby Düren were among the more active regional printers of emergency municipal paper, supplying multiple Rhenish towns simultaneously during this period.
Jülich's position in the occupied Rhineland after November 1918 added an unusual complication: Allied occupation authorities permitted existing Notgeld to continue circulating, meaning some of these notes outlasted the war that produced them.