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50 Pfennig Mayen and Andernach
| Issuer | Städte Mayen und Andernach |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT MAYEN STADT ANDERNACH |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a decorative field centred on a circle enclosing the denomination value, surrounded by an alternating pattern of small heraldic shields and repeated denomination inscriptions distributed across the surface in an organised repeat motif. |
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Mayen and Andernach jointly issuing a single Notgeld denomination was unusual — most German municipalities of comparable size went it alone during the postwar emergency currency scramble. The collaboration was practical rather than sentimental: pooling resources reduced printing costs at a moment when civic budgets were badly strained by demobilization expenses and the economic dislocation following the armistice.
The Rhineland setting matters here. By mid-1919, both towns fell within the Allied occupation zone, and French military administration complicated local financial operations. Notgeld from this region sometimes circulated under conditions that standard Reich-zone issues never faced.
The A15.2c designation within the Grabowski sequence indicates a variant within a series — likely a color or paper distinction from otherwise identical printings.