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50 Pfennig

Issuer Stadtrat Kitzingen (City Council of Kitzingen)
Year 1921
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Printer Konrad Triltsch Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Würzburg, Germany
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Obverse description Printed in black and green on cream paper, the obverse centres on a bold silhouette panorama of the Kitzingen skyline with church towers and rooftops rendered in black against a green ground. Above, two scrolling ribbon banners frame the municipal coat of arms — a mural crown over a gateway — with the issuer legend arching across both sides. Lower left carries a cartouche with the issuing authority, date and a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister, while a right-hand cartouche bears the validity clause and serial number; the denomination 'FÜNFZIG 50 PFENNIG' is set in large type at centre bottom. The letter 'R' appears in the upper corners.
Obverse lettering GUTSCHEIN DER STADT KITZINGEN a.M.
STADTRAT KITZINGEN
1. MÄRZ 1921
RECHTSK. BÜRGERMEISTER
FÜNFZIG
50
PFENNIG.
GÜLTIG BIS 3 MONAT NACH BEKANNTGABE.
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Comments

Kitzingen's 1921 Notgeld issue was part of the nationwide small-change emergency that followed the Reichsmark's wartime collapse — metal coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted, forcing hundreds of German municipalities to print their own fractional currency. Konrad Triltsch in Würzburg was a regional workhorse for this kind of commission, producing civic Notgeld for numerous Franconian towns during the same period.

R. Rother's design credit is relatively rare documentation for a Notgeld piece at this denomination level. Most comparable issues went unsigned.

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