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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Osnabrück (City of Osnabrück) |
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| Year | 1921-1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Osnabrück Dieser Gutschein wird durch die Stadthaupt-Kasse eingelöst C. Osnabrück, im Juli 1921 · Der Magistrat Er wird zugelösten Monat nach öffentlicher Ankündigung Druck: Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Bierstrasse Hier wuornden de Börgers von Ossenbrügge, Ze hölen up Ehrbürkeit grauke Stücke |
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Osnabrück's 1921–22 Pfennig notgeld belongs to the inflationary surge that followed Germany's war reparations obligations under Versailles — municipal authorities across the Reich printed their own small-denomination scrip because Reichsbank coin simply vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted. Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover was one of the more prolific provincial printers handling these municipal contracts, producing notgeld for dozens of Lower Saxon towns during this period.
The DeNG reference 1032.1–9/13 indicates a numbered series of at least nine design variants, which was common practice — municipalities often issued thematic sets to encourage collection and reduce redemption pressure.