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50 Pfennig - Wald im Rheinland
| Issuer | Stadt Wald (Rheinland) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral '50' dominates the central field in bold raised relief. A circular legend surrounds the numeral, reading 'KRIEGSGELD 1917' along the upper arc and 'PFENNIG' along the lower arc, with six-pointed star ornaments flanking the lower legend. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | KRIEGSGELD 1917 50 ✶ PFENNIG ✶ |
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Wald was an independent industrial town in the Bergisches Land, absorbed into Solingen only in 1929. Like hundreds of German municipalities in 1917, it issued its own notgeld coinage when the imperial government's wartime metal requisitions stripped circulation of nearly all silver and copper — zinc, despite its own strategic value, remained the default fallback for local emergency issues of this size.