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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Marburg |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset notgeld coupon printed in olive-green and teal on cream paper, with an all-over guilloche underprint of interlocking circular rosettes. The issuer's title 'GUTSCHEIN der STADT MARBURG' is set in bold gothic and display typefaces across the upper portion, with the denomination 'FünfzigPfennig' in a teal letterpress panel flanked by oak-leaf ornaments at centre. Large teal numeral '50' underprints appear at lower left and right, flanking a three-line redemption clause, with the date 'Marburg, den 1. Juni 1917', the magistrates' facsimile signatures, and the printer's imprint at foot; the serial number is printed in red at left margin. |
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| Protection description | Overall fine interlocking rosette guilloche pattern printed in olive-green on both faces, with larger ornamental medallions on the reverse |
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Marburg's municipal authority issued this note under the emergency currency (Notgeld) provisions that spread across German towns from 1916 onward, as the imperial government's wartime coin requisitions stripped small denominations from everyday commerce. C. Naumann's Druckerei in Frankfurt handled enormous volumes of Notgeld work during this period — a commercial printer pressed into quasi-monetary production, which explains the guilloche underprint as a nod toward security without the infrastructure of a proper currency printer.
The dual-signature requirement — Troje and Estor — reflects municipal accountability structures that local governments maintained even under wartime strain. Marburg notes from 1917 are moderately common but wear heavily; they circulated hard through a university town with an active daily economy.