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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Zons (City of Zons) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Zons. 50 Pfennig. Dieser Gutschein wird bis zum 31. März 1922 an der Stadtkasse eingelöst! Zons, den 1.Okt. 21. Der Bürgermeister: Dr. LINNEMANN & CO G.m.b.H. KÖLN |
| Reverse description | Black engraved vignette on white paper, set within a decorative yellow and purple rope-pattern border with corner ornaments. The central scene reproduces a historic panoramic view of the walled town of Zons as seen from across the Rhine, after a 17th-century engraving, with a ploughman and horse in the foreground and a sailing vessel to the right. A cartouche at the upper centre carries a Latin inscription, and the town name 'Zons' appears in script to the upper right. |
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Zons — the medieval Rhine toll town between Cologne and Düsseldorf, unusually well-preserved behind its 14th-century walls — issued this note during the acute small-change famine that gripped German municipalities in the early Weimar inflation years. Metal coins had effectively vanished from daily commerce by 1921, hoarded or melted, and thousands of towns printed their own Notgeld to fill the gap.
Dr. Linnemann & Co. in Cologne handled a substantial volume of Rhineland municipal Notgeld during this period. Lütckens' involvement suggests a considered design commission rather than a generic house layout.