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50 Pfennig - Bingen am Rhein
| Issuer | Stadt Bingen am Rhein |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT BINGEN a/RHEIN |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD 1919 50 ✭ PFENNIG ✭ |
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Bingen's iron notgeld of 1919 belongs to the chaotic demobilization period following the Armistice, when chronic metal shortages and a collapsed imperial monetary system left municipalities scrambling to issue their own emergency coinage. The Rhineland's position under Allied occupation after November 1918 complicated local commerce further — French forces controlled the left bank of the Rhine, and the disruption to normal banking and coin supply was acute. Iron was the material of last resort, prone to corrosion, which explains why uncorroded survivors command attention.