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50 Pfennig Thann - overstamp annule
| Issuer | Stadt Thann (City of Thann) |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note on cream paper, with the issuer's name 'Stadt Thann' printed in bold letterpress at the top, followed by the date '1914' and the denomination text 'Gut für fünfzig Pfennig.' centred across the field. The fractional value '1/2 Mk.' appears at lower left, below which two manuscript signatures are applied in ink. A circular violet cancellation overstamp reading 'ANNULÉ' is applied across the centre of the note, invalidating it for circulation. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet 'ANNULÉ' (cancelled) overstamp applied to the obverse to invalidate the note after withdrawal from circulation; reverse bears a vertical strip of four affixed blue perforated stamp vignettes serving as a backing security element. |
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Thann sits in the Haut-Rhin, and by late 1914 the front line ran directly through the surrounding valley — the town changed hands repeatedly in the opening months of the war, making any locally issued emergency currency an immediate administrative problem. This particular note carries an "annulé" overstamp, applied to withdraw it from circulation before it could be redeemed under a changed occupation or simply spent into chaos. The cancellation is the document; it records a decision, not just a denomination.