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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Königswinter, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and green on cream paper, with dark brown vertical panels at left and right each bearing the denomination numeral '50' and the abbreviation 'Pf.' in green. A central green vignette occupies the upper portion, showing a pen-and-ink style view of a watermill amid trees captioned 'DIE MÜHLE IM KÜHLEN GRUNDE'. Below, a cartouche with a wavy decorative border contains the redemption text in gothic script, dated 1 November 1921 with a manuscript signature, serial number '1540' at lower left, and the designer's name 'FRZ. J. KRINGS' at lower right. The issuer name 'KOENIGSWINTER' appears in large green block letters along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf DIE MÜHLE IM KÜHLEN GRUNDE DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON DER KÖNIGSWINTERER BANK U. DER HONNEFER VOLKSBANK EINGELÖST. ER VERFÄLLT EINEN MONAT NACH ÖFFENTL. ANZEIGE KÖNIGSWINTER D. 1. 11. 21 1540 FRZ. J. KRINGS KOENIGSWINTER |
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Königswinter's 1921 notgeld issue was part of the vast wave of municipal emergency money that flooded Germany as small coin disappeared from circulation and central authority struggled to keep pace with inflation. Frz. J. Krings, a local name rather than a professional printing house, suggests the design was commissioned at the community level — characteristic of Rhineland towns that took notgeld production seriously as a matter of local identity rather than pure necessity.
Königswinter, sitting at the foot of the Siebengebirge on the Rhine, issued collector-oriented notgeld alongside functional pieces during this period. Distinguishing circulation copies from series printed specifically for the philatelic trade can be difficult.