50 Pfennig - Berching

50 Pfennig - Berching - obverse50 Pfennig - Berching - reverse

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Features

Issuer City of Berching (Federal state of Bavaria)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1920
Value 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Iron
Weight 4.3 g
Diameter 25.3 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
312924
References Funck# 35.6,
Walter Funck, Ralf Müller, Wolfgang Peltzer; 2012. Die deutschen Notmünzen : alle amtlichen Ausgaben und deren Varianten der Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder etc. (8th edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
Men05# 1746.3,
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland / Band 1. Ausgabeorte Aach bis Myszkowo (2nd edition). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Men18# 2253.3
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Pearl rim, legend surrounding pearl circle with denomination centered

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARBEIT UND KRAFT MEIN ENDE SCHAFFT
NOTGELD
50
BERCHING
● 1920 ●

Reverse

Pearl rim, legend surrounding pearl circle, coat of arms in front of pike in a bird cage

Script: Latin

Lettering: ZEIT UND NOT MEIN DASEIN GEBOT

Edge

Plain

Mint

L. Chr. Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany (1729-1924)

Comments

THE LEGEND OF THE BERCHING’S PIKE IN A BIRD CAGE

A long time ago the Sulz was in full fl ood and the valley became a lake as far as Plankstetten. All fishes were very happy, but floods went out as quickly as they had come. A curious pike stood behind and remained all by itself in the meadows. A Berching’s inhabitant found it: as he had never seen such a strange animal before, he carried it to the town hall. There the question was discussed at length and in the end everybody agreed that it was a bird. And - just like a peculiar bird - the pike was put in a bird cage in
order to be admired by all the crowded people. As the pike opened its mouth for exhaling its last breathe the visitors from the neighbouring towns heard many Berching’s people saying: „Silence, it’s going to sing!“
The inhabitants of Berching led a very secluded life for a long time as the neighbours made fun of them everywhere they went, saying „Look at him, he’s a Berching’s pike!“

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1920 

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