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50 Pfennig

Emittent Stadt Bad Kreuznach (City of Bad Kreuznach)
Jahr 1917
Typ Local banknote
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The obverse presents an intricate letterpress vignette in dark blue ink on cream paper, dominated by a view of the historic Römerhalle bridge at Bad Kreuznach spanning the Nahe river, with the town's castle and rooftops rising in the background. To the upper left a radiant sun motif breaks over the horizon, while at the right margin a classically rendered female figure is set within an ornamental Art Nouveau border of scrollwork and foliage. The lower register carries the issuer inscription, denomination in words and numerals, validity dates, the city seal at lower left, and the municipal coat of arms at lower right, accompanied by a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister.
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Rückseitenbeschreibung The reverse is printed in dark blue on cream paper with a repeated text underprint reading "BAD KREUZNACH" and year references. The central vignette presents the quartered municipal coat of arms of Bad Kreuznach — divided into fields bearing a fortified tower and crosses over a chequered base — encircled by a laurel wreath and flanked by elaborate Art Nouveau scrollwork and grapevine border motifs. The denomination numeral "50" appears in each of the four corners within plain cartouches, and a red serial number is printed along the lower margin.
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Bad Kreuznach's 1917 50 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency coinage substitutes issued after hoarding stripped Germany's small change from circulation almost entirely — a problem severe enough by mid-1917 that the Reich had essentially abandoned any attempt to centrally supply towns with fractional currency. Local authorities were left to print their own.

Stadt Bad Kreuznach printed locally, which kept costs minimal but also meant no specialist security printing. The serial number is the sole anti-counterfeiting measure — thin protection, though the low face value made forgery economically pointless.

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