50 Rpf. Moselbrücke Cochem=Cond

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 Whether the note saw sustained circulation or was largely superseded by Reich-issued substitutes before it could wear out is not well-documented for this specific issue.