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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Laupheim |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 76 × 48 mm |
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| Obverse description | Orange notgeld voucher printed in black letterpress, enclosed within a dense guilloche border of repeating oval chain ornaments. The central field carries a faint floral underprint, over which the denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner and the issuing authority 'Stadtgemeinde Laupheim' is set across the top in Gothic script. The main text in large Fraktur type reads 'Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennige', below which the date 'Laupheim, den 15. Mai 1917' and the issuing office 'Das Stadtschultheißenamt' are printed; a red circular official stamp is applied to the upper-right area, and the printer's imprint 'Staehle & Friedel, Stuttgart' appears in small roman type at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Stadtgemeinde Laupheim 50 Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennige Laupheim, den 15. Mai 1917 50 Das Stadtschultheißenamt 50 |
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Laupheim's 1917 Kleingeldschein belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency money issued across Württemberg when wartime hoarding stripped small coinage from daily use almost entirely. The Reich's response — authorizing towns and cities to print their own fractional notes — produced thousands of locally distinct pieces, but Stähle & Friedel in Stuttgart handled a disproportionate share of the Württemberg commissions, giving many south German Notgeld issues a recognizable house style underneath their municipal variations.
Laupheim itself had a Jewish community of some historical significance — one of the oldest and largest in Württemberg — though that civic identity left no particular mark on the note's design or issue rationale.