Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Stuttgart (City of Stuttgart) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two distinct panels. The left panel contains a vertical text inscription in Gothic blackletter script identifying the historical subject. The right and larger panel presents a detailed engraved vignette of the Herrenhaus on the Marktplatz in Stuttgart, rendered in a fine line-art style evoking a historical etching; the multi-storey late-medieval building with a steeply pitched roof dominates the composition, flanked by surrounding structures and small figures in the foreground square. |
| Reverse lettering | Das Herrenhaus auf dem Marktplatz erbaut 1435 abgebrochen 1821 |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Stuttgart's 1922 Pfennig notes were issued under the emergency currency provisions that allowed German municipalities to fill the void left by a central banking system visibly losing its grip on inflation. By mid-1922, the Reichsbank simply could not produce small-denomination notes fast enough to meet demand, and cities like Stuttgart stepped in with locally printed Notgeld to keep retail commerce functioning.
The elongated format — over three times as wide as it is tall — was common among Württemberg municipal issues of this period and allowed for more compact storage in cashier drawers handling high transaction volumes.