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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Bad Honnef (City of Bad Honnef) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse of this Notgeld note is printed in blue and red on cream paper, enclosed within a double-line rectangular border. At the top, a narrow panel contains a row of repeated stamp or chair vignettes in outline style. Below, a panoramic line-art vignette of the Siebengebirge mountain range is surmounted by a mural crown at centre, flanked by the artist's signature. The denomination '50 PFENNIGE' appears in large bold numerals on both the left and right, flanking the central polychrome coat of arms of Bad Honnef rendered in red, white, and blue. Redemption and validity conditions are inscribed in Gothic letterpress text in the lower lateral panels, with the serial number, issuing town name, and date 1.10.1921 along the bottom, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and black on cream paper within a double-line border, with narrow vertical panels flanking the central vignette on left and right. The large bold inscription 'BAD HONNEF AM RHEIN' is set in decorative hand-lettered capitals across the top. The central field is occupied by a detailed pen-and-ink landscape vignette of the Honschaft Mülheim hamlet, showing half-timbered houses, a church tower with steeple, wooded hills, and a winding country path in the foreground, the artist's signature appearing at lower right. |
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Bad Honnef's 1921 Notgeld issue is notable primarily for its print run — 12,175,000 pieces for a small spa town on the Rhine with a population at the time of only a few thousand. The figure reflects the mechanics of early Weimar inflation, where municipalities printed in bulk against anticipated demand rather than actual circulation need, and vast quantities were simply never redeemed before the notes were declared void.
Most surviving examples show little to no handling, a direct consequence of hoarding and over-issue rather than careful preservation.