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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Ansbach (Kgl. bayrische Kreishauptstadt Ansbach) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein über fünfzig Pfennige. 1917. |
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| Protection type | Official seal (Amtssiegel) |
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Ansbach issued this 50 Pfennig note in 1917 under the emergency currency (Notgeld) framework that spread across German municipalities as the war ground on and small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unproduced. The Stadtmagistrat's designation as a königliche (royal) Bavarian district capital gave it the administrative standing to issue such notes on municipal authority rather than through a private employer or cooperative, which was the more common Notgeld route.
Authentication rested on the Amtssiegel and the countersignature of Oberbürgermeister Schneider. No engraver was commissioned; this was municipal paperwork pressed into monetary service.