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| Issuer | Stadtrat Roßwein |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff-coloured paper note printed in letterpress in dark ink, with the text of the Gutschein (voucher) set in Fraktur typeface across the central field. To the right, a circular official seal of the Stadtrath zu Rosswein bears a heraldic device at its centre. The date 'Roßwein, den 5. Mai 1915' and the issuing authority 'Der Stadtrat' appear in the lower central area, with a redemption notice at the foot of the note and the printer's imprint 'J. H. Pflugbeil, Rosswein' in the lower right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sie werden ersucht, gegen diesen Gutschein für 50 Pfg. an Waren (Briketts, Holz, Kohlen, Brot, Milch, Kartoffeln, Materialwaren) zu verabreichen. Roßwein, den 5. Mai 1915. Der Stadtrat. Anmerkung: Die Einlösung erfolgt nur Freitags und Sonnabends in der Stadtkasse. J. H. PFLUGBEIL, ROSSWEIN. |
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Roßwein's municipal council issued this note in 1915 as the wartime metal shortage gutted everyday small-denomination coinage from circulation across Germany. The Kleingelderatzgesetz of 1916 hadn't yet formalized emergency municipal currency, so early 1915 issues like this one operated in a legal grey zone — tolerated but not yet officially sanctioned at the Reich level. J. H. Pflugbeil was a local printing firm, and the printing and issuing authority sharing the same town is about as locally rooted as Notgeld gets.