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50 Pfennig - München Oskar Kiesel and Cº
| Issuer | Oskar Kiesel & Cº, München |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large denomination numeral '50' occupying nearly the entire field, rendered in a bold, slightly ornate serif typeface with a calligraphic quality. The design is deliberately minimal, with a flat, unadorned field and no additional inscription or device. A continuous beaded border frames the periphery of the coin, consistent with the obverse treatment. This stark, purely functional design is characteristic of privately issued Notgeld tokens produced during the acute coin shortage of the First World War period in Germany. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 |
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Issued in 1918 by a Munich private firm during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the final year of the First World War, this is Notgeld — emergency currency produced by businesses, municipalities, and institutions when the Reichsbank could no longer supply sufficient coinage. Brass-plated zinc was a common stopgap material; base metal supplies were themselves constrained by wartime requisitioning, which is why the plating quality on surviving examples varies so dramatically.
Oskar Kiesel & Co. appears in the Menzel notgeld catalogues under two separate reference numbers, suggesting at least one variant exists within this type.