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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Hamm (Westfalen), Der Magistrat |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green and pink tones on cream paper, with an ornate scroll border framing the design. Two dark green oval cartouches at left and right each bear the numeral '50' in yellow. At centre top, the municipal coat of arms of Hamm is set within a shield surmounted by a crown. Below, a three-line text block states the validity condition and place of issue, followed by two manuscript signatures above their printed titles 'Oberbürgermeister' and 'Bürgermeister', with the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat:' noted between them. A red serial number prefixed 'No.' appears at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein d. Stadt 100 JÄHRIGES JUBILÄUM 4. JULI 1820 4. JULI 1920 NEUES OBERLANDESGERICHT Hamm i. Westf. |
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Hamm's 1920 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency, when the post-war coin shortage had become genuinely critical and central government supply couldn't keep pace with demand. The Magistrat, like hundreds of other municipal bodies, simply filled the gap themselves. Most of these local issues circulated intensively within tight geographic boundaries — shopkeepers in neighboring towns often refused them outright.
Westphalian Notgeld of this period was typically printed by local job shops rather than specialist security printers, which shows in the variable registration quality across the series.