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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Hamm (Westfalen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | P#GrM:568.4-9/12 |
| Obverse description | Red and black notgeld printed in a decorative serrated-edge frame on a cream ground. The denomination numeral '50' appears at upper left and right flanking the Gothic-script inscription 'Hamm (Westf.)', with the large central legend 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in bold Fraktur lettering. Below, a validity clause in smaller Gothic script reads 'Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Bekanntmachung', dated 'Hamm (Westf.) d. 1. Oktober 1921', with the municipal coat of arms at centre-bottom and two facsimile signatures on behalf of 'Der Magistrat', bearing the titles Oberbürgermeister and Bürgermeister. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Hamm (Westf.) 50 Fünfzig Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Bekanntmachung. Hamm (Westf.) d. 1. Oktober 1921 Der Magistrat: Oberbürgermeister Bürgermeister |
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Hamm's 1921 Notgeld issues were a direct consequence of the Reichsbank's inability to supply sufficient small-denomination coinage during the postwar economic dislocation — municipalities across Westphalia filled the gap themselves. The City of Hamm produced several distinct series, and the 568.4-9/12 reference places this within a numbered subseries, suggesting a controlled print run with sequential validity tracking, which was not universal among municipal issuers of the period.
Westphalian Notgeld from this window — roughly mid-1921 — tends to show heavier circulation wear than issues from six months earlier, as rampant inflation was already eroding confidence in paper and notes changed hands rapidly rather than being saved.