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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Cochem |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Landkreis Cochem Der Landseknechtl von Cochem Der allgemeine Einlösungstermin tritt drei Monate nach vorheriger Bekanntgabe im Kreisblatt und der Cochemer Zeitung ein. Der Kreisausschuß des Kreises Cochem. Cochem, im April 1921. Der Vorsitzende: Ich hab' getrunken manchen Wein In manchem land beim Wandern, Der eine fuhr mir ins Gebein, Im Kopf fühl ich den andern. Ins Herz doch ging mir keiner So Und machte mich so frei und froh, los ledig aller Bande, Wie Wein vom Mosellande. J. Wolf. 50 Pf. |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark green on white paper, the reverse presents a finely engraved oval panoramic vignette of Cochem on the Moselle, with the Reichsburg castle and the ruins of Winneburg prominently rising above the town and river; the caption 'Cochem-Mosel mit Burg und Winneburg.' appears within the oval. The vignette is encircled by a twisted-rope border incorporating a verse from a regional poem, and the denomination '50' appears in guilloche roundels at each of the four corners. The red serial number is overprinted across the lower portion of the central vignette, and the printer's imprint 'Schleicher & Schüll Duren' appears in the bottom margin. |
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Cochem is a small wine town on the Moselle, and its Kreisausschuss — the district committee — issued this note during the peak of Germany's postwar small-change crisis, when Reichsmünzen had effectively vanished from circulation through hoarding and melting. Thousands of German municipalities and districts resorted to Notgeld at this level, but the Kreise rather than individual towns issued notes with at least nominal backing from district tax revenues, which gave them marginally more credibility than purely municipal paper.
Carl Schleicher & Schüll in Düren were prolific printers of Notgeld for the Rhineland and beyond during this period — their output for small issuers was vast, and quality control was consistent if unspectacular.