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50 Pfennig Gewerbebank
| Issuer | Gewerbebank Neuburg an der Donau |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Round leather notgeld token printed in dark brown on a natural tan ground. The central field carries the large numeral '50' framed above by the text 'Gut für' and below by 'Pfennig' and the date '1917', all set against a hatched background. A wreath of oak and laurel branches encircles the denomination, with the whole composition bounded by a beaded border ring. |
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| Reverse description | Round reverse printed in dark brown on a natural tan ground, with a beaded outer border enclosing a double-line ring. A vignette in the central field shows two craftsmen operating what appears to be a wine or cider press beneath an arched gateway, with foliage to either side, rendered in a fine letterpress style. The issuer's name 'GEWERBEBANK' arcs across the upper register and 'NEUBURGaD.' along the lower, flanked by small decorative dot motifs. |
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Leather notgeld from the First World War period is among the more unusual emergency currency materials documented in German-speaking territories, but Bavarian issuers were particularly inventive. Gewerbebank Neuburg an der Donau was a small commercial lending institution serving the Neuburg district — not a municipal authority — making this a genuinely private-sector emergency issue rather than a town or city note.
The leather substrate creates chronic conservation problems: oils migrate, edges crack, and any previous mounting or lamination tends to leave irreversible staining. Unaltered, unmounted examples are the ones to seek.