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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Salzwedel (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vignette panels printed in brown and black on grey paper. The left panel shows a male sower scattering grain in a field, while the right panel depicts a seated female figure gathering produce. The central panel bears the city arms of Salzwedel — a quartered shield with eagles — flanked by the denomination numerals "50" in orange-brown boxes at each upper corner, with the issuer's name "Stadt Salzwedel" in Gothic blackletter script across the top. The lower portion carries a serial number at left, a redemption text in the centre, and the date and facsimile signatures of the Magistrat at right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and black, organised into three vertical panels. The central panel contains a caricature vignette of a rotund baker in chef's whites and toque, carrying an elaborate tiered cake on a platter, with a church steeple visible in the background. Flanking the central vignette on left and right are large denomination numerals "50" set within ornate circular guilloche cartouches, above and below which run decorative rope-pattern border bands. Low German dialect verses in Gothic script are inscribed in the side panels. |
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Salzwedel's municipal authority resorted to locally printed Notgeld in 1921 as Germany's postwar inflation began outpacing the Reichsbank's ability to supply small-denomination coinage and notes in adequate quantity. Having the Salzwedeler Wochenblatt — a local newspaper print shop — handle production was entirely typical of the Notgeld phenomenon: municipal desperation meeting whatever press capacity happened to be nearby.
The DeNG reference suffix "1a-4/4" indicates this is the fourth variety within the first major type grouping, suggesting the town issued multiple distinct printings, likely reflecting successive shortages rather than a single planned issue.