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50 Pfennig - Pinneberg
| Issuer | Pinneberger Bank |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal flan features a pearl border along the outer rim enclosing a raised beaded circle, within which the municipal coat of arms of Pinneberg is prominently centered, depicting a fortified castle or tower motif on a shielded escutcheon. The circular legend PINNEBERGER BANK arcs around the upper portion of the beaded circle, while the date 1917 appears at the base, flanked by small star ornaments. The overall composition is rendered in a bold, utilitarian relief characteristic of German wartime notgeld coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a plain outer rim with a fine beaded border encircling the field, within which a rope circle frames the large, boldly struck numeral 50 at center, denoting the face value of fifty Pfennig. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) runs around the upper arc between the beaded border and the rope circle. Three small five-pointed stars are evenly spaced at the lower portion of the field outside the rope circle, serving as ornamental punctuation. |
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Pinneberg's iron notgeld emerged from the same wartime metal emergency that stripped German towns of their copper and nickel coinage — both metals diverted to the war effort after 1916. The Pinneberger Bank issued this piece under municipal necessity, not monetary authority, filling the void left by Reichsbank coin hoarding at the local level. Iron was cheap, abundant, and deeply unpopular; recipients knew it rusted.