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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse Kevelaer (Municipality of Kevelaer) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0690.1-3/3 |
| Obverse description | Buff paper notgeld printed in brown tones with Art Nouveau-style decorative borders; the denomination numeral '50' is repeated in each corner within ornamental frames, while horizontal bands of foliate guilloche ornament fill the central field. The municipal coat of arms of Kevelaer — a quartered shield bearing a Latin cross and a trefoil cross — occupies the centre, flanked by the legends 'Fünfzig' and 'Pfennig'. The lower portion carries a redemption clause, the issue date 'Kevelaer, d. 1.6.1921', and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse description | Buff paper reverse printed in brown tones with an overall background of spiral and sunburst guilloche ornament; the denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner. The central vignette, enclosed within a circular dark field, presents a full-length figure of the crowned Madonna of Kevelaer in traditional votive garb, holding a sceptre in her left hand and the Christ Child on her right arm, with a winged cherub head at the base of the composition. |
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Kevelaer is a small Rhenish town whose status as one of the most visited Catholic pilgrimage sites in northwestern Germany made it an unusual issuer among the hundreds of German municipalities that printed emergency currency during the 1920–1923 Notgeld wave. The Gemeindekasse — the municipal treasury, not a bank — was the direct issuing authority, which was common for smaller towns that lacked a local savings institution substantial enough to back scrip.
The DeNG reference indicates this is the third variant in a three-note series for this denomination, suggesting Kevelaer issued multiple design types rather than a single undifferentiated run — worth distinguishing when cataloging.