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50 Pfennigs - Frankenthal

50 Pfennigs - Frankenthal - obverse50 Pfennigs - Frankenthal - reverse

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Features

Issuer City of Frankenthal (Palatinate) (Federal state of Bavaria)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year 1919
Value 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Iron
Weight 6 g
Diameter 24.0 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
33162
References Funck 2012# 135.14
Walter Funck, Ralf Müller, Wolfgang Peltzer; 2012. Die deutschen Notmünzen: Alle amtlichen Ausgaben und deren Varianten der Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder etc. (8. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.
, Men05# 7460.18
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland (2. Auflage). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 volumes).
, Men18# 9381.18
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002 (2nd Digital Edition). Winfried Bogon Verlag für Digitale Publikationen, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

City name half circled above denomination centered

Script: Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering:
Stadt Frankenthal
50
1919

Lettering (regular font):
Stadt Frankenthal
50
1919

Reverse

Two eagles in front of rising sun with clouds

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wilhelm Deumer, Lüdenscheid, Germany (1916-1918)

Comments

Issuing authority: [Stadt, Pfalz]

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1919  $ 8.30 F#135.14 81%
1919  F#135.14a) Reverse: the dashed beam over the flying eagle has 4 dashes 5%
1919  F#135.14b) Reverse: like a) but the beam over the eagle has 3 dashes, the third dashed beam from right side goes to the edge 14%
1919  F#135.14c) like b) but the third beam goes only to the cloud 3%

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 50 Pfennigs - Frankenthal
Katz
Auction 196
Lot 1133
Internet Archive
29 May 2026 Undetermined XF Unsold
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