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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Kitzingen (City Council of Kitzingen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG Stadtrat Kitzingen rechtsk. Bürgermeister Gutschein der Stadt Kitzingen a/M. Gültig bis Ende Dezember 1920. O Kitzingen, du trautes Städtchen, schief steht dein Falterturm am Main, gar lieblich sind deine Frankenmädchen, und rassig ist den Frankenwein. M. Horschig & Schubert, Kitzingen a/M. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-width coloured vignette of the Kitzingen market square centred on a lion-head fountain with a heroic armoured statue rising above it, backed by a row of characteristic Franconian townhouses. To the left, a peasant woman carrying baskets of eggs and poultry is paired with the city's heraldic shield; to the right, a hoarder figure laden with goods is accompanied by a second coat of arms. The years '1914' and '1920' flank the central scene, and a satirical verse runs along all four borders of the design commenting on wartime profiteering. |
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Kitzingen am Main was a small Franconian wine town of no particular monetary significance, which makes its 1920 Notgeld emission entirely typical of the era — thousands of German municipalities printed emergency small change when coin shortages made commerce impossible after the war. What distinguishes this note from the mass of similar issues is the printer: M. Horschig & Schubert was a local Kitzingen firm, meaning the note was designed, printed, and issued within the same town, an uncommon degree of self-containment even among Kleingeldscheine.
The Stadtrat, not a bank, bears issuing authority here — a municipal council acting out of fiscal necessity rather than any banking function.