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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Residenzstadt Sondershausen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 96 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | RESIDENZSTADT SONDERSHAUSEN GUT FÜR 50 Pfennig FÜNFZIG PFENNIG SONDERSHAUSEN, DEN 1. JULI 1918 DER MAGISTRAT |
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| Protection type | Official stamp, Handwritten signature |
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Sondershausen was the capital of the tiny principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, which had been absorbed into the German Empire in 1918 just months before this note was issued — the "Residenzstadt" in the issuer title is already an anachronism, the princely court having effectively ceased to function. Municipal Notgeld of this period proliferated across Germany as small-denomination coins vanished from circulation, hoarded by a public that no longer trusted the Reich's monetary stability.
Authentication here rests entirely on the handwritten signature and official stamp — no mechanical security whatsoever. Forgery would have been trivially easy, which is why most issues like this were redeemable only within their home municipality.