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50 Pfennig Pattern
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '50' in large bold characters dominates the central field, with the denomination inscription PFENNIG rendered in smaller capitals directly below. The entire composition is framed by two stalks of wheat or rye curving symmetrically from the base upward on either side, their ears arching inward to form an open wreath. The wreath is tied at the base with a ribbon or scroll, beneath which the Berlin mint mark 'A' appears in the lower exergue. The field exhibits a lightly striated or crosshatched texture in the background. |
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This is one of several emergency-composition patterns struck in 1919 as Germany's postwar government scrambled to address acute metal shortages — silver had been systematically diverted for war finance after 1914, and the standard cupro-nickel alloys were equally unavailable. Aluminium was cheap and abundant, but its softness made it a poor circulating medium. Most patterns of this type never progressed beyond trial striking, surviving today in very small numbers outside institutional collections.