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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Rat der Stadt Ludwigslust |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG Vele ihrliche Seelen hewwen 'ne grote Angst vör 'ne Gefohe, de in de Firn' drauht, fünd fei dor awer lust midder in, denn spelen fei dormit; fei fünd as de Mäggen, der'n Hol faenen fei nid verdragen; arwer dat füst lokt fei ew. Gültig im Geldverkehr innerhalb des Stadtgebietes bis zum 31. Mai 1922. Rat der Stadt Ludwigslust i. M. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in the same Expressionist lithographic style, dominated by red and deep blue tones. An arched vignette frames tall blue trees set against a red sky, with a crenellated wall or fence structure visible in the middle ground across a green lawn. At the base, a bold orange-red panel carries the three-line inscription identifying this as the Reutergeld of the City of Ludwigslust, with a small artist's monogram visible at the lower right. The denomination 'FÜNFZIG PFENNIG' arches across the top of the vignette in red letterpress. |
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Ludwigslust notgeld was issued under municipal authority during the post-WWI currency crisis, when chronic small-denomination coin shortages forced hundreds of German towns to produce their own emergency paper. The Rat der Stadt — the town council — acted as issuer rather than a bank, which was common for smaller Mecklenburg communities with no local banking infrastructure adequate to handle the demand.
Ludwigslust itself is a planned ducal residence town, and its notgeld series occasionally reflected that administrative character in its printing quality — neither the crude rubber-stamp issues of truly small villages nor the elaborate collector-targeted Serienscheine of larger cities.