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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Nördlingen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 114.3 × 76.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in black and teal on white paper with teal underprint panels on each side bearing repeated text. The central vignette shows the heraldic eagle of Nördlingen within a shield, with the letter 'N' in teal on its breast, surmounted by the city name 'NÖRDLINGEN' in bold Gothic lettering. Denomination inscriptions '50 Pfennig' appear in large blackletter type on both left and right panels, with the issuing authority 'Stadtmagistrat' and date 'am 2. Okt. 1918' flanking the central arms, and the serial number printed below the vignette in a teal cartouche. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Nördlingen's municipal authority issued this note in 1918 under the Kleingeldscheine emergency, the acute small-change shortage that forced hundreds of German towns to print their own fractional currency as metal coinage disappeared into wartime hoarding and industrial use. The Stadtmagistrat — the city's administrative council — was among the more modest issuers; many similar bodies farmed out printing to specialist firms, but Nördlingen handled production locally, which accounts for the relatively plain execution compared to contemporaries from larger municipalities.
The watermarked paper is worth noting: not all German Notgeld at this denomination bothered with any security feature, and its presence here suggests an attempt at legitimacy beyond the purely functional.