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50 Pfennig - Kitzingen
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kitzingen |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | A beaded border encircles the entire reverse. The large numeral '50' dominates the central field in bold relief. Flanking the numeral is an open wreath composed of oak branches with acorns and lobed leaves, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. No additional legend appears; the denomination is expressed solely by the numeral. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kitzingen's zinc 50 Pfennig belongs to the flood of German municipal notgeld issued after 1916, when the Imperial government's wartime metal requisitions stripped civilian coinage almost entirely from circulation. Towns and cities across the Reich took matters into their own hands, producing locally authorized emergency pieces to keep small transactions functioning. Zinc was the compromise material — deemed insufficiently strategic for shell casings, yet durable enough for coin production.
The Funck 248.3 designation places this among documented die varieties for the issue.