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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kranichfeld (City of Kranichfeld) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegsgeld 50 Pfennig 1650 Gültig bis 6 Monate nach Friedensschluss STADT KRANICHFELD 9961 DAS BÜRGERMEISTERAMT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing only the blind embossed impression of the obverse text and design elements visible through the thin paper stock, with no applied ink or additional design. |
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Kranichfeld is a small town in Thuringia, and like hundreds of German municipalities during the Kleingeldnot of 1917–1921, it issued its own emergency fractional currency when the central supply of coins collapsed under wartime metal shortages. These Notgeld issues were a local administrative decision, not a banking one — the Bürgermeister's office effectively became the issuing authority by necessity.
Thuringian municipal Notgeld of this period is common in bulk but surprisingly variable in survival quality, as much of it circulated hard in small-town retail before redemption schemes pulled it back.