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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Ettenheim |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld issued on 23 November 1917, printed in black letterpress on a light ochre guilloche underprint. The denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in large Gothic blackletter script at centre, above the place name ETTENHEIM and the issue date; four diamond-shaped cartouches bearing the numeral '50' occupy the corners. At lower centre, two manuscript signatures appear alongside the titles Bürgermeister and Ratschreiber, with a boxed validity clause at the foot stating the note expires three months after public notice of cancellation. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadtkasse Ettenheim zahlt gegen diesen Gutschein Fünfzig Pfennig ETTENHEIM, den 23. November 1917. Der Gemeinderat: Bürgermeister Ratschreiber Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 3 Monate nach erfolgter öffentlichen Aufkündigung. |
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Ettenheim is a small town in Baden, and like hundreds of similar municipalities across Germany, its Stadtkasse issued emergency paper fractions in 1917 as the wartime metal shortage stripped coinage from circulation. These Kleingeldscheine were a local administrative response, not a banking instrument — printed in limited runs, circulated hyperlocally, and typically redeemed and destroyed within a few years.
Survival rates for small-town Baden issues of this period are inconsistent. Rural municipalities often printed smaller quantities than their urban counterparts, and post-redemption destruction was thorough.