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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Königswinter (City of Königswinter) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 60 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in purple and green on a purple ground. A large ornate cartouche with elaborate foliate and wave-pattern borders occupies the centre, enclosing three stanzas of Ludwig Uhland's ballad 'Des Wirtshaus' in bold Gothic capitals, attributed 'LUDW. UHLAND' at the lower centre of the cartouche. To the left stands a heraldic shield bearing a cross with flanking lily motifs, topped by a cluster of upward-pointing arrows — an armorial device associated with the region; a corresponding shield to the right displays a sword or sword-shaped emblem on a green field, also surmounted by a finial with arrows. |
| Reverse lettering | ES ZOGEN DREI BURSCHE WOHLÜBER DEN RHEIN, BEI EINER FRAU WIRTIN DA KEHRTEN SIE EIN, FRAU WIRTIN HAT SIE GUT'BIER UND WEIN, WO HAT SIE IHR SCHÖNES TÖCHTERLEIN! MEIN BIER UND WEIN IST FRISCH UND KLAR, MEIN TÖCHTERLEIN LIEGT AUF DER TOTENBAHR. UND ALS SIE TRATEN ZUR KAMMER HINEIN, DA LAG SIE AUF EINEM SCHWARZEN SCHREIN. DER ERSTE, DER SCHLUG DEN SCHLEIER ZURÜCK, UND SCHAUTE SIE AN MIT TRAURIGEM BLICK; ACH LEBTEST DU NOCH, DU SCHÖNE MAID! ICH WÜRDE DICH LIEBEN VON DIESER ZEIT! LUDW. UHLAND |
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Königswinter's 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency — by this point no longer a genuine response to coin shortages but increasingly a deliberate collectible product. Towns competed for sales to the rapidly growing notgeld collector market, and many commissioned local artists rather than commercial printers to give their issues regional character. Frz. J. Krings almost certainly falls into that category here.
The Rhineland was under Allied occupation in 1921, and the Reichsmark's accelerating instability made small-denomination scrip practically necessary regardless of collector demand.