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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Nördlingen (Rat der Stadt) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central text panel with a fine guilloche underprint, flanked on each side by an ornately rendered classical architectural element — a decorative column with scrolled capital supporting an entablature, rendered in a woodcut-style illustration. The central panel carries the denomination statement and validity legend in bold letterpress typography, with the issue date 'NÖRDLINGEN 1. DEZ. 1920' and a serial number in the lower portion. |
| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFZIG PFENNIG. GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1921. NÖRDLINGEN 1. DEZ. 1920 |
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Nördlingen's municipal notgeld issues of 1920 came directly out of the postwar coin shortage that forced hundreds of German towns to print their own fractional currency. The Stadt issued these under its own authority — the Rat der Stadt acting as the responsible body — a practice the Reich tolerated until centralized small coinage could be restored.
The Nördlingen series is notable among Bavarian town issues for being printed locally, keeping production costs minimal and turnaround fast. Local printing also means quality control was uneven across the run, and ink consistency varies between surviving specimens.