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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Coblenz (City of Koblenz) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Blue and tan Notgeld note with a central text panel carrying the denomination in Gothic script reading 'Fünfzig Pfennig', surmounted by the issuer title 'Stadt Coblenz' in ornate lettering. To the left, a vignette with a caduceus, eagle, and an open book rests above the Koblenz municipal coat of arms; to the right, a crossed anchor and staff vignette is flanked by a circular embossed municipality stamp. The date 'Coblenz, d. 1. Januar 1919' and the facsimile signature of the Oberbürgermeister appear at centre-lower, with the numeral '50' rendered in large type along the bottom, set within a decorative laurel-branch border and a repeating 'NOTGELD' underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in reddish-brown on a cream ground, the reverse is dominated by a large central oval cartouche enclosing the Koblenz municipal coat of arms — a crowned quartered shield — flanked by a horizontal band bearing '50 Pfennig Pfennig 50' in bold serif type. The inscription 'Stadt' arches above the cartouche and 'Coblenz' curves below, all framed by stylised foliate scrollwork. The entire field background is covered with a fine guilloche underprint of repeating numerals '50' arranged in a diagonal lattice pattern. |
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| Protection description | Circular embossed dry seal of the municipality of Coblenz applied to the lower right of the obverse. |
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