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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Ettenheim (City of Ettenheim) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Tan and red multicolour note centered on a bold black silhouette portrait of the Duc d'Enghien set against a red guilloche roundel, with the date "+ 18 04" flanking the figure. To the left, a vignette of a lady in period dress amid floral scrollwork; to the right, a skeletal Death figure carrying a scythe amid matching scrollwork — an allegorical reference to the duke's execution. Surrounding text in French and German winds around the central medallion, and the denomination "50" appears in all four corners with the issuer name "STADT ETTENHEIM" in bold Gothic type along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | HERZOG VON ENGHIEN + ERSCHOSSEN + VINCENNES Herzog von Enghien – Que s'attend de Belle – Que s'attend est arrivée – que il a pour que – sense que – sence le que – son no quinze – sence – sence 50 STADT ETTENHEIM 50 |
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Ettenheim is a small Baden town best known as the final German residence of the émigré Bourbon prince Louis de Condé — and later as the place from which Napoleon had the Duc d'Enghien abducted in 1804, an act that shocked European courts and arguably cost Napoleon his chance at lasting diplomatic legitimacy. The town has punched above its historical weight for its size.
This 50 Pfennig Notgeld was issued during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, when hundreds of German municipalities printed their own small-denomination emergency scrip to compensate for the chronic shortage of official coinage. The DeNG reference indicates six variants in the series — typical of Notgeld issues designed partly for collector sale, which was a deliberate revenue strategy by many issuing towns.