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50 Pfennigs - Miesbach Fritz Holnburger, Gasthof & Metzgerei
| Issuer | Fritz Holnburger, Gasthof & Metzgerei, Miesbach |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs around the upper and lateral fields within the pearl border. A twisted rope circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral 50 appears in bold raised relief. Three small five-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower margin between the pearl border and the rope circle. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This is a piece of German Notgeld — emergency currency issued privately during the severe coin shortages of World War I and its aftermath. Businesses like Holnburger's inn and butcher shop in Miesbach issued their own small-denomination tokens to make change when official coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded by the public or melted for the metal. Zinc was the material of necessity: copper and nickel had long since been requisitioned for the war effort.