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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Königswinter (City of Königswinter) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | DENKMAL D. VOLKIERHEBUNG VON 1813 AUF D. DRACHENFELS 50 Pf DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON DER KÖNIGSWINTERER BANK U. DER HONNEFERVOLKSBANK EINGELÖST. ER VERFÄLLT EINEN MONAT NACH ÖFFENTL. ANZEIGE KÖNIGSWINTER D. 1.11.21 1519 FRZ. J. KRINGS KOENIGSWINTER |
| Reverse description | Green and purple letterpress reverse centred on a scalloped cartouche containing four stanzas of the patriotic 1813 campfire song 'Flamme empor', dated '1813' at foot. Two elongated heraldic shields flank the cartouche on purple side panels: the left bears a cross on a white field, the right a pointed shield with a sword, both rendered in the Jugendstil illustrative style of the obverse. |
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Königswinter's 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency — printed not from genuine financial necessity by this point, but increasingly for the collector trade that had developed around the notgeld phenomenon itself. By 1921, many towns were issuing artistically designed series knowing full well that philatelists and tourists would absorb them before they ever reached a cash register. Königswinter, a Rhine resort town at the foot of the Drachenfels, was well positioned to exploit exactly that market.
Frz. J. Krings is otherwise obscure — likely a local commercial artist rather than a professional banknote engraver.