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50 Pfennigs Amtskörperschaft Vaihingen an der Enz
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Vaihingen an der Enz |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black and ochre-orange on cream paper, the reverse is framed by an elaborate Art Nouveau border of interlocking scroll and foliage ornaments with the numeral "50" in solid black cartouches at each upper corner. The central text panel states the issue date "Ausgegeben im April 1918," the denomination in large blackletter script "Fünfzig Pfennig," and the validity clause "Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920." A serial number prefixed "No" and the authorizing inscription "Oberamtspflege" with a manuscript signature appear in the lower portion, while "50 PFENNIG" is repeated in the lower border panel. The printer's imprint "Stähle & Friedel, Stuttgart" is present at the lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Ausgegeben im April 1918. Fünfzig Pfennig Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920. No Oberamtspflege 50 PFENNIG Stähle & Friedel, Stuttgart. |
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Vaihingen an der Enz was a small administrative district in Württemberg, and like hundreds of similar bodies across Germany in 1918, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — as the imperial monetary system buckled under wartime strain. The Amtskörperschaft, essentially the district administrative corporation, had legal standing to do this, which is why so many German localities produced their own scrip rather than simply running short of change.
Stähle & Friedel were a Stuttgart commercial printing house, not a specialist security printer, yet this note carries a watermark — uncommon for municipal Notgeld of this period and worth noting for authentication purposes.