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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Nördlingen (City Council of Nördlingen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic skyline view of Nördlingen with the distinctive Daniel tower of St. Georg church rising above the roofline, set beneath a dotted arch on a light underprint. Denomination numerals '50' appear in the upper corners, with flanking panels carrying the text 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFZIG PFENNIG' at lower left and right. The issuer legend 'NORDLINGEN / RAT DER STADT' with a Bürgermeister signature occupies the lower centre panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central text cartouche on a lined underprint, flanked on each side by ornate architectural column vignettes rendered in a linear Art Nouveau style. The cartouche states the denomination and validity period, with the issue date and serial number printed at the foot. |
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Nördlingen's 1920 Notgeld issue belongs to the first serious wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as central government supply of small-denomination coinage collapsed under postwar economic strain. The city lies within the Ries crater — one of the largest meteorite impact structures in Europe — and the council issued several denominations during this period to keep local commerce moving when Reichsbank coins simply weren't available.
Printed locally, which was common practice for Notgeld of this type. The DeNG 2 catalog reference places this within the documented Nördlingen series, and the 1920 date puts it squarely in the transitional period before hyperinflation made even these stopgap instruments obsolete within two years.