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50 Pfennig Kalksandstein-Werke Milbertshofen
| Issuer | Kalksandstein-Werke Milbertshofen |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in black on the same buff paper stock, is framed by an identical interlaced chain border and carries a five-line verse in a blackletter (Fraktur) typeface centered on the field, followed by a small decorative floral ornament at the foot. The text is the sole design element, with no pictorial vignette or underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Wer ist ein freier Mann? Wem kein gekrönter Würger Mehr, als der Name Bürger Ihm wert ist, geben kann; Der ist ein freier Mann! |
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Kalksandstein-Werke Milbertshofen was a sand-lime brick manufacturer operating on the northern edge of Munich — Milbertshofen being an industrial suburb absorbed into the city proper in 1913. Like thousands of German industrial firms during the acute coin shortage of 1917–1921, the company issued its own Notgeld to pay wages and enable small transactions among workers when Reichsbank-issued coin had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. Factory-issued Notgeld of this type was purely functional: no artistic ambition, no collector appeal at the time of issue.
Milbertshofen's brickworks notes are among the more obscure industrial issues from the Munich region, rarely turning up outside local collections.