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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Stadt Wesel (City of Wesel) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in deep rose-red on pale pink paper, the obverse carries a central guilloche rosette with the numeral "50" in white reserve, flanked by two oval guilloche cartouches inscribed "PFENNIG". The city arms of Wesel appear in the upper left corner. A six-digit serial number and the Mayor's manuscript signature are at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Wesel über 50 Pfennig ausgestellt im Kriegsjahr 1918 Der Bürgermeister: (Translation: Voucher of the city of Wesel for 50 Pfennig issued in the war year 1918 The Mayor:) |
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Wesel's 1918 Notgeld issue belongs to the first major wave of municipal emergency currency in Germany, triggered by the wartime coin shortage that had stripped small denominations from everyday commerce well before the Armistice. Towns were authorized to issue their own scrip to fill the gap, and hundreds did — which means Wesel's output competes for collector attention against an enormous field of contemporary municipal issues.
Printed locally, these notes rarely traveled far and were redeemed quickly once the crisis passed, making circulated survivors more common than uncirculated ones.