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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreis Lippstadt (District of Lippstadt) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis Lippstadt Gutschein Lippstadt i/w. den 16. Dezember 1919 Der Kreisausschuß: 50 PFENNIG |
| Reverse description | Pink-toned reverse carries a large panoramic woodcut-style vignette of the town of Lippstadt as seen from the countryside, with church spires, towers, and rural fields in the foreground. At upper right a framed four-line verse inscription appears within a cartouche. At upper left and lower left are the district coat of arms rendered in outline. A vertical tablet on the left margin contains a list of printed text, likely redemption or legal tender conditions. At lower centre, a scroll-shaped text block gives the redemption notice of the Kreis-Kommunalkasse Lippstadt. A plain ruled border frames the composition. |
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Kreis Lippstadt was one of hundreds of German administrative districts forced into emergency currency production after the armistice left the Reichsbank unable to supply adequate small-denomination coinage. The 1919 notgeld wave was partly practical — nickel and copper were still being hoarded or diverted — and partly an opportunity for local authorities to assert a degree of fiscal visibility they rarely enjoyed. Lippstadt's issue is unremarkable within the broader Westphalian notgeld output, neither a scarce provisional nor a sought-after collector series.
Printed locally, these circulated within the district until stabilization-era reforms made them redundant.