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50 Pfennig - Annweiler
| Issuer | City Administration of Annweiler (Verwaltung der Stadt Annweiler) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | An outer pearl border encloses the circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE, which arcs around the upper and lateral perimeter between the pearl rim and an inner beaded circle. Within the beaded circle, the large numeral '50' is prominently rendered in the central field, indicating the token's denomination. Three five-pointed stars serve as separators at the base of the legend, positioned below the beaded inner border along the lower rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Annweiler issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1919 as the postwar economic collapse made imperial coinage disappear from circulation almost overnight — hoarded, melted, or simply absent from the Reichsbank's distribution. The town sits at the foot of Trifels Castle, where Richard I of England was held captive in 1193, a piece of local history the city administration was not shy about exploiting on its emergency coinage. Zinc was the only practical metal available to municipal issuers by this point; copper and nickel had been consumed by four years of war production.