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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Rodach (City of Rodach, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Gebrüder Parcus, Munich, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Green notgeld issued on plain paper with a fine guilloche underprint background. The centre carries a circular vignette with a stylised heraldic lion within an ornate foliate border, around which the denomination text 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in bold blackletter type. The issuing authority 'Stadt Rodach' appears at the top, with the date 'Rodach, den 15 August 1920' and the serial number below, flanked by the legend 'Der Magistrat' and a manuscript signature at lower right; a validity clause in small letterpress text occupies the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Rodach Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig Rodach, den 15 August 1920. No 06874 Der Magistrat Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach Aufkündigung in der Rodacher Zeitung. GEBR. PARCUS MÜNCHEN |
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Rodach — a small town in Upper Franconia — was among thousands of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production as the Reichsbank's coin supply collapsed in the postwar years. This particular Parcus-printed issue is part of a dense local Notgeld series; Gebrüder Parcus of Munich handled an enormous volume of Bavarian municipal commissions during this period, which gives their output a certain typographic consistency even across different issuers.
The watermarked paper is the detail worth noting. Many comparable small-town issues dispensed with security features entirely, so its presence here suggests either a more cautious municipal treasurer or a standardized paper stock supplied by Parcus across multiple clients.