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50 Rpf. Moselbrücke Cochem=Cond
| Issuer | Stadt Kochem |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (0.50 RM) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white ticket-style note with a double-rule border and a left vertical panel bearing the title in Gothic blackletter script rotated 90 degrees. The main field carries a serial number at top, the denomination '50 Rpf.' in bold, and multi-line letterpress text in Fraktur and Roman type. Printer's imprint runs vertically along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, plain white paper with no vignette, text, or ornamental elements. |
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Notgeld from the Second World War period is a different animal from the famous 1920s issues — this is not collectible novelty money but functional emergency currency produced by a municipality struggling with wartime coin shortages. Kochem printed its own rather than relying on a distant commercial printer, which accounts for the Roland-Druckerei imprint: a local press, local paper, local designer.
Peter Rohs handling both design and engraving is the kind of consolidation that wartime necessity produces. Whether the note saw sustained circulation or was largely superseded by Reich-issued substitutes before it could wear out is not well-documented for this specific issue.