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50 Pfennig Birkenhain in Oberschlesien
| Issuer | Gemeinde Birkenhain (Municipality of Birkenhain) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on pink paper with a simple letterpress layout framed by a ruled border. The heading reads 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Birkenhain' above the large denomination '50 Pfg.' at centre, with the issue date 'Birkenhain, den 1. April 1917' and the authority line 'Der Gemeindevorsteher' below. A circular municipal seal of Gemeindevorstand Birkenhain, Kreis Beuthen O/S, is impressed at lower left, accompanied by a manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorsteher at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper with minimal letterpress text. The denomination numeral '50' appears in bold at each of the four corners. The validity inscription 'Gültig bis 15. Juli 1917' is centred at the top, below which a stamped serial number appears at mid-field. The printer's imprint 'M. Immerwahr · Beuthen O/S' is struck in a rectangular cartouche at the lower centre. |
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Birkenhain was a small village in the Beuthen district of Upper Silesia, and this 50 Pfennig emergency note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Kleingeldscheine issued across Germany from 1916 onward as wartime metal shortages drained coins from everyday commerce. The printer, M. Immerwahr of Beuthen, was a regional firm serving the local Notgeld market rather than a specialist banknote house — which accounts for the modest production quality typical of these provincial issues.
The DeNG 5#B48.2c reference places this among multiple Birkenhain types, suggesting the municipality issued across more than one denomination or printing variant.