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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse Freienohl |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream ground with bold Gothic blackletter heading 'Notgeldschein' across the top, beneath which a cursive vignette inscription reads 'der Freiheit Freienohl im Sauerland'. A central circular stamp impression of the municipality appears to the right of the denomination value '5'. Two columns of Gothic text body describe the redemption conditions, with the issuing authority line 'Der Amtmann — Der Gemeindevorsteher' and a manuscript serial number 'No 09614' at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse side of this Notgeld issue; specific design details are not visible from available sources. |
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Freienohl is a small village in the Sauerland district of Westphalia — the kind of municipality whose wartime Notgeld issues were printed in tiny quantities for purely local use, often redeemed and destroyed within months. The Gemeindekasse, the communal treasury, acted as issuer by necessity rather than authority, filling the coin shortage that paralyzed small transactions across Germany from 1916 onward.
Provincial Notgeld of this type was rarely preserved in quantity. Survivors tend to come from collector redemption rounds conducted in 1922, not from actual circulation.