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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Monschau |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issued in a green and black letterpress design. A large central circular vignette contains a standing armoured figure — likely a medieval knight or patron saint — encircled by the legend 'Monschau' and decorative scroll ornaments. To the left, a text panel reads a patriotic inscription affirming the district's role as guardian of German culture along the Belgian border; to the right, validity and issuing authority details are given, dated Monschau 17.21, over a facsimile signature of the Kreisausschuss. Denomination value '50 Pfennig' appears in the lower corners and across the bottom in Gothic blackletter script as 'Gutschein des Kreises Monschau'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Der Kreis Monschau, an der neubelgischen Grenze gelegen, ist der Hüter deutschen Wesens, deutscher Art und deutschen Schaffens! Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit am ersten Oktober 1921. Monschau 17.21 Der Kreisausschuß d. Kreises Monschau 50 PFENNIG Gutschein des Kreises Monschau |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green, black, and ochre tones, with a large central vignette of a ruined medieval castle — identified by caption as the hunting lodge of Charlemagne (Jagdschloß Karls des Großen) — set in a wooded landscape with a stream in the foreground. Flanking text panels carry rhyming German verses referencing Charlemagne's construction of the castle and eleven centuries of loyalty to the Reich. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in the upper corners, with 'Kreis Monschau' in bold Gothic blackletter across the top. |
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