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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Stendal (City of Stendal) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld für Stendal i/s Altm. Dieser Stadtkassenschein verliert seine Gültigkeit mit dem 31.12.21. Verlängerung vorbehalten. Stendal, d. 15. Juli 1921. Der Magistrat. 50 |
| Reverse description | Printed in red and black over a grey guilloche underprint, the reverse bears a Low German verse in a red-bordered panel across the top. The central vignette presents a silhouette composition of figures hauling a laden cart through an arched warehouse gateway, with salt barrels inscribed "SOLT" placed to either side — a reference to Stendal's historic salt trade. Large red numeral "50" appears in each lower corner, and a caption panel at the bottom centre reads "4. De Goltwedler hebben dät Got." |
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Stendal's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as postwar inflation eroded confidence in Reichsbank notes. The city — birthplace of the art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann — leaned into local identity for these issues, a common strategy among Notgeld producers who recognized that collectability extended circulation life and generated modest profit for cash-strapped municipalities.
The DeNG reference suffix ".1-4/7" indicates this is one of a numbered set within the series, meaning at least seven design variants were catalogued under this issue — unusually high multiplicity for a single denomination from a city of Stendal's size.