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50 Pfennig Württemberg-Hohenzollern, French occupation
| Issuer | Land Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Finanzministerium |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Behelfsgeld des Landes Württemberg-Hohenzollern franz. Besatzungsgebiet Dieser Schein wird bis zum Aufruf durch das Finanzministerium bei allen Kassen des Landes Württemberg-Hohenzollern zum Nennwert in Zahlung genommen Tübingen, Oktober 1947 Land Württemberg-Hohenzollern Finanzministerium Pfennig (Translation: Substitute money of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern French Occupation area This note is valid until cancelled by the Ministry of Finance and will be taken in payment at all cash registers in the country Württemberg-Hohenzollern at face value Tübingen, October 1947 State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern Ministry of Finance) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red, the reverse presents a central line-engraved vignette of the gatehouse and entrance courtyard of Hohenzollern Castle at Sigmaringen, rendered in fine illustrative style with towers, archway, and surrounding foliage. The four corners each carry a boxed '50 Pfennig' denomination in Gothic script, framing the central castle vignette. The anti-counterfeiting warning legend appears in small type along the lower margin, with the printer's imprint beneath. |
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Württemberg-Hohenzollern was an administrative oddity — a French occupation zone construct that never existed as a political unit before 1945, stitching together the southern portion of the former Free State of Württemberg with the Prussian enclave of Hohenzollern. Its Finanzministerium issuing currency in 1947 reflects the practical chaos of a region operating under Allied-imposed fragmentation, where each occupation zone developed its own provisional financial arrangements before the Deutschmark arrived in 1948.
Knapp & Cie AG in Reutlingen was a natural choice — the firm had deep roots in German commercial printing and was within the French zone itself, satisfying occupation authority requirements that local production be self-contained.