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50 Mark Verlag Die Stimme vom Rhein
| Issuer | Verlag Die Stimme vom Rhein, Cologne |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A letterpress vignette of the Hohenzollern Bridge over the Rhine at Cologne, with its twin gateway towers, occupies the upper portion of the note. Below, bold Gothic Fraktur lettering renders the denomination "Fünfzig 50 Mark" in red and black at centre, flanked by a guilloche underprint with repeated "50" numerals, above a multiline explanatory text beginning "Ein Schein der Not." The issuer's name, date of 15 October 1922, series letter, and serial number appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Schein der Not Der Besitzer dieser Bestätigung gab für deutsche Arbeit am Rhein u. zur Herausgabe der Zeitschrift "Die Stimme vom Rhein" ein Opfer von Fünfzig 50 Mark Köln 23, den 15. Okt. 1922 Verlag "Die Stimme vom Rhein" Reihe A Nr. |
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During the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, German municipalities, businesses, and private publishers flooded circulation with Notgeld — emergency money issued to fill the void left by worthless Reichsmarks and chronic coin shortages. Verlag Die Stimme vom Rhein was a Cologne publishing house, and like many commercial enterprises of the period, it issued its own scrip as both a practical necessity and, frankly, a marketing vehicle. Collector-oriented Notgeld was a genuine commercial phenomenon: the public bought and hoarded attractive series, which kept them out of circulation and cost the issuer almost nothing to redeem.